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Despite the encouraging pattern in depressive symptoms among participants consuming blueberries, the researchers found no statistically significant difference in mood improvements between the blueberry and placebo groups.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

To investigate, the Yale team conducted an experiment in which participants took a pill containing either hydrocortisone, a form of cortisol, or an inactive placebo.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The compression garments were shown to improve circulation and muscle blood flow, while the placebo had no effect on these measures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

None of the participants who received a placebo reached that threshold.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Modern trials of the efficacy of therapies depend on the idea that an effective therapy must perform better than a placebo.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The third group received the same inactive pills but was openly informed that the pills were placebos that could still trigger beneficial mind-body responses.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

The U-turns mark a broader retreat from demands, pushed under former FDA vaccines and biotech drugs division leader Vinay Prasad, that rare-disease drugmakers test their experimental medicines against placebos to make sure the drugs work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

While studies showed that Sarepta’s Amondys 45 and Vyondys 53 treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy worked better than placebos, the company said the results did not reach statistical significance.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

But none has undergone the large, randomized human trials comparing them with placebos that would be needed for FDA approval to enter the market.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 31, 2024

If placebo effects were this good, they should just make placebos the way to treat depression—maybe that’s what they did; maybe Zoloft was cornstarch.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini