RE: Homeopathy for ebola
August 17, 2014 at 7:54 am
(This post was last modified: August 17, 2014 at 7:54 am by Jacob(smooth).)
(August 17, 2014 at 7:38 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: The placebo effect is a real effect so can be used to treat some serious illnesses to some extent.
Apparently it still works if you know its a placebo.
Fixed it for you.
Placebo can certainly achieve measurable physiological changes in SOME conditions. Stomach ulcers for eg.
How do we know? because we tested it. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2014313/
The issue is that placebos working for SOME conditions does not mean it works for all, or that a real medicine (which also contains the placebo effect would not work better. And irresponsible CAMers have no respect for the distinction.
And of course, sometimes placebos can be a downright dangerous choice.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12974558
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