Comment Re:Wikipedia ruined the internet (Score 4, Informative) 517
Not necessarily...see this report
http://www.scientificamerican....
In this study, however, docs told patients they were getting placebos. Eighty patients with irritable bowel syndrome were instructed to take two sugar pills daily. The bottle even had "placebo" printed on it. After three weeks, 60 percent of the placebo group reported relief from symptoms, compared to 35 percent who’d received no treatment at all.
