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Placebo may be just what the doctor ordered

If your doctor has prescribed antibiotics for the flu or told you to try B12 vitamins for fatigue, those treatments were probably just a placebo — an unproven therapy offered with the hope you’d feel better if you took something.

Treatment with placebos is far more common....

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