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DavidB4-bot

Spelling, grammar, and general fixes

WesleyS

link to de-orphan

LiamG

Added ref info - also, there seems to be someting wrong with the Cephalagia article

Ed Poor

more shuffling

Ed Poor

move around refs, rephrase

Ed Poor

ref

Ed Poor

ref

Ed Poor

fixing intro - still problems remain with this article

Ed Poor

Placebo moved to Placebo effect over redirect: relates to Expectation

Brossa

see talk page

Ed Poor

remove garish box

Ed Poor

omit nonsense: the only reason this article exists is because "inert" substances and "useless" procedures have a significant physical effect

Markr

no edit summary

Markr

cite placebo effect 54%

Hsmom

"Its" is the possessive, "it's" is the contraction.

Hsmom

Citations other than the definition are needed on this page.

Hsmom

Included CDC definition.

Ed Poor

Psychosomatic medicine

Ed Poor

copy-edits and moving "inert" question to talk

DavidJohnson

tried to clear things up, it is essential to a placebo that the placebo itself be inactive

Ed Poor

it does have an significant physical effect - even materialists agree

Ed Poor

The question is not how well it relieves pain, but how much better is it than a placebo?

Ed Poor

has no direct physical effect on human beings

Brian

Added source information for text

Aschlafly

New page: A placebo is a substance or treatment that has no effect on human beings, but is used as a decoy in studies for the "control" part of the sample. In other words, part of the study group w...