placebo

"You can shape a treatment to fit the belief system without explicitly endorsing it," French said, conceding an exorcism might even have a beneficial placebo effect in some cases.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

However, it failed to meet the primary efficacy endpoint compared with placebo when treating transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Half of the participants were given the MenB vaccine while the other half were given a placebo.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

After reviewing the available literature, they identified six published reports covering five randomized controlled trials, in which participants received either creatine or a placebo without knowing which treatment they were taking.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 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

Compared with participants who received only placebos, those taking a multivitamin showed slower biological aging across all five measurements.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

He also appreciated the role of psychology, placebos and positive thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

It was seen as not only socially acceptable but humane to prescribe placebos.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 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

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