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They found the urine albumin level was 55% lower in those taking baxdrostat than in those taking a placebo, comparable to the reduction seen with medications that delay the progression of kidney disease.

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One, from 2016, studied 48 autistic children in the US and found improvements in verbal communication compared with a placebo.

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“The placebo effect can also be very powerful, especially for treatments that require significant effort and cost.”

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While the drugs don’t work for all people with major depression, analyses of multiple studies have consistently found them to be significantly better than placebos at alleviating illness symptoms.

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With a demand that vaccine boosters be tested against placebos, RFK Jr. puts an old antivaccine claim at the forefront of government health policy.

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