placebo
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Liz Skrbkova, a spokeswoman for Novo Nordisk, said that trials for its drug Wegovy showed changes in muscle mass didn’t “significantly differ” from patients who took a placebo.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
"The people who were taking the placebo injections, who were getting exactly the same support from the dieticians and everything only lost about 2.5% of their body weight," said Wilding.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Some studies report pain relief, but researchers have also observed large placebo effects.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
One new requirement asked for an inhumane placebo control group, to which no physician could agree.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
It must have been a placebo effect, but it was a great placebo effect.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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