Bad health ideas that should die with 2017 https://www.vox.com/2017-in-review/2017/12/28/16802312/science-myths-dead-2018?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter … via @voxdotcom Not sure I agree with placebo. Don't know anyone who thinks useless. And hardly a justification for CAM! See http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/november-2017/acupuncture-and-the-placebo-problem/ … @juliaoftoronto @B_resnick @CoyneoftheRealm @david_colquhoun
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Replying to @CaulfieldTim @voxdotcom and
Well, I AM sure I strongly disagree with the part on placebos. Whoever wrote the placebo section clearly does not understand placebo effects very well and bought into the "integrative medicine" placebo narrative.
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Replying to @gorskon @CaulfieldTim and
For instance, the
@voxdotcom article cites Ted Kaptchuk studies claiming to find that deception isn't necessary for placebo effects, when in fact those studies show nothing of the sort, e.g.,https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/placebo-effects-without-deception-well-not-exactly …1 reply 5 retweets 16 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @CaulfieldTim and
The other Ted Kaptchuk study cited by
@voxdotcom claiming to show that placebos can work without deception also showed nothing of the sort.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/10/18/rehashing-the-myth-of-placebo-without-deception/ …2 replies 9 retweets 13 likes
Hey, many apologies. I was out most of last week and didn't see this. Thanks, David, for sending these links my way. Will read, and maybe I'll have some questions for you. I'll send you an email out! Thanks again!
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