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The Use of Pure and Impure Placebo Interventions in Primary Care

Placebos are commonly used in clinical trials and a number of surveys have shown that they are also common in daily practice. [1] The placebo effect has been examined in several studies. [2–5] Most ...
The Spectrum

Staying pure in an impure world

As Americans we care a lot about purity in some areas, but care less about it in other areas. Today we want pure air to breathe, pure water to drink, and pure organic foods to eat. But we’re not all ...
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Impure water turns flowing pure water impure upon mixing with it

When one sits on a flush toilet to relieve himself, pure water which comes out from the water supply falls onto the impure water at the bottom of the bowl and this causes the water to splash. Drops of ...
Medscape

The Use of Pure and Impure Placebo Interventions in Primary Care

Background: Placebos play an important role in clinical trials and several surveys have shown that they are also common in daily practice. Previous research focused primarily on the frequency of ...