Some Popular Surgeries Are Just Placebos, Here’s Why They Still Exist
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Just like there are sugar pills — placebo surgeries can trick patients. Are doctors performing complicated and expensive surgeries for no reason?
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How Fake Surgery Exposes Useless Treatments
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-fake-surgery-exposes-useless-treatment
“The headline reflected the results of a British study, published online last November in the Lancet, that used what is probably the best methodology for assessing a surgical procedure: sham surgery”
The Placebo Effect Doesn’t Apply Just to Pills
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/upshot/the-placebo-effect-doesnt-apply-just-to-pills
“For a drug to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it must prove itself better than a placebo, or fake drug….But when it comes to medical devices and surgery, the requirements aren’t the same. Placebos aren’t required. That is probably a mistake.”
What Is the Placebo Effect?
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/what-is-the-placebo-effect#1
“A placebo is anything that seems to be a "real" medical treatment -- but isn't. It could be a pill, a shot, or some other type of "fake" treatment. What all placebos have in common is that they do not contain an active substance meant to affect health.”
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Scientists Want to Transplant a Human Head, Here's Why That's a Bad Idea - https://youtu.be/CMHhF5N1FPY
Read More:
How Fake Surgery Exposes Useless Treatments
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-fake-surgery-exposes-useless-treatment
“The headline reflected the results of a British study, published online last November in the Lancet, that used what is probably the best methodology for assessing a surgical procedure: sham surgery”
The Placebo Effect Doesn’t Apply Just to Pills
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/upshot/the-placebo-effect-doesnt-apply-just-to-pills
“For a drug to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it must prove itself better than a placebo, or fake drug….But when it comes to medical devices and surgery, the requirements aren’t the same. Placebos aren’t required. That is probably a mistake.”
What Is the Placebo Effect?
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/what-is-the-placebo-effect#1
“A placebo is anything that seems to be a "real" medical treatment -- but isn't. It could be a pill, a shot, or some other type of "fake" treatment. What all placebos have in common is that they do not contain an active substance meant to affect health.”
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Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel
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Seeker http://www.seeker.com/
This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez
Special thanks to Julian Huguet for writing this episode of Seeker!
Check Julian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00
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