The UAB Mix - How “open-label” placebos turn fake pills into real treatment

For a large number of participants in these “open-label" placebo trials, knowing that their “treatment” is an inert pill doesn’t stop them from feeling relief. Now, a group of researchers at UAB and Harvard University are taking these studies into a new patient population: cancer survivors. For men and women struggling with the crushing fatigue that often emerges in the years after treatment, the power of placebos may be just what they need.

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