What's Not In Your Prescription

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25th October 2008 - 09:36 AM

Survey: Half of US doctors use placebo treatments

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About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments — usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their condition. And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFsqiXb...P8B58AD940G7GG0

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