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Placebo Effect Getting Stronger

By Syngas on Mar 9, 2010 at 4:16 AM Vote 0 Votes

Good read: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124367058&ft=1&f=1001 If this one shows up on Norm's links, ignore this thread, and comment there....

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