[BoppreH]

I was under the impression "placebo" includes the effects of:

- the extra exercise of going to the medical center

- better behavior under monitoring

- talking to the test administrators (important for e.g. depression)

- better organization to follow the intake schedule

Which are not affected by knowing you are in the control group. Is this really a surprise to the medical community, or is the article just going for the "mind over matter" and general woo line?

Also:

    open a door toward ethical use of placebos in daily
    medical practice

Haven't this been extensively discussed and ultimately rejected for a long time?