Conventional medicine interventions did better than placebo, whereas the homeopathy interventions basically did the same as placebo.


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An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance. - Nolan's / Peter's Placebo.
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The first thing that they do before they do anything is interventions.
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We can provide any number of medical [or] social work interventions.
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We hope to follow the DPP population to learn how long the interventions are effective.
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You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.
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I do not need to have a control group, a placebo or a degree to be an applicator of knowledge.
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Margins and revenue were better than feared. Inventories did go up as we expected but they basically...
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We do know that people do get better with homeopathy,
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But the question is how does it work?
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“Move on” must be over the dispute, not to end a relation. – Shahwan SETHI
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I did the first album, and it did much better than anyone expected.
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He just did better than me.
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I try to live holistically and avoid conventional medicine.
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Sleep is better than medicine.
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It did better than expected. It did very well. But the promoter asked that numbers not be released.
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They did much better than we expected.
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