placebo effect

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The evaluation process demonstrated that the procedure did not actually alleviate suffering either by direct or indirect means, for example, by the placeboeffect.
The placeboeffect is related to the patient's and doctor's expectations on treatment and to the quality of the patient-doctor relationship.
Hydration was well tolerated, and a placeboeffect was observed.
Finally, some patients will experience a true placeboeffect, a response that may be mediated by endorphins.
The study reported no specific drug effect, but a large placeboeffect.
In a way, the attention effect resembles the placeboeffect.
In fact, some physicians acknowledged a relatively high placeboeffect in some patients.
This study design controls for the placeboeffect most efficiently and requires the smallest number of patients to detect a true treatment result.
Were these practitioners (who probably would not acknowledge it) merely "harnessing" the placeboeffect?
This study of the placeboeffect in education has many lessons for clinical researchers.
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