Take Two Sugar Pills and Call Me in the Morning

Blog Owner • July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014 Illustration By Serge Bloch

Genetic tests can predict when placebos may be the best medicine.

These patients might actually do worse than others on certain kinds of active drug therapies.

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