double-blind placebo trial: the words send a shiver of orgasmic excitation down the spine of the drug researcher. It’s heralded as the ‘gold standard’ of drug trials, and it’s designed to uncover the true effectiveness of a chemical compound compared to just the imagined benefits that a patient may believe are happening with a dummy drug. And the ‘double-blind’ part ensures that neither group of similarly matched patients knows whether they are
Permission to heal
May 23, 2021
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