Such rituals may be seen as placebos.

这样的仪式可能被视为安慰剂。

That is a lot to pay for placebos.

在安慰剂上花这些钱可真是够多的。

Placebos are still a scientific mystery.

安慰剂仍然是科学谜团。

For the last seven days, you take placebos.

在其余7天内则服用安慰剂。

Two were given placebos. Six were given the drug.

其中两人使用安慰剂，其他六人用的是实验药。

By contrast, the 10 who were taking placebos consumed 2.6 drinks.

相反，那服用安慰剂的10人平均喝了2.6杯酒。

Drugs trials often compare new treatments with placebos, not rival pills.

例如在新药试验中拿来和新药对比的往往是安慰剂而不是有竞争性的药品。

Commonly used placebos include vitamins or small amounts of medicine.

经常使用的安慰剂包括维生素或小剂量的药物。

Placebos work, doctors believed, because the mind is a powerful thing.

医生们相信安慰剂起作用，是因为念力是一种力量。

Placebos work, doctors believed, because the mind is a powerful thing.

因为人的意志是颇强大的，医生们相信安慰剂起效了。

Besides being benchmarks, placebos are a topic of research in their own right.

除了作为对比的标准外，安慰剂本身就是一个研究主题。

In a randomized manner, some were given aspirin and some were given placebos.

在随机研究中，一部分受试者给予阿司匹林另一部分给予安慰剂。

Startled by the power of placebos, doctors consider how to use them as real treatment.

被安慰剂的神奇治愈效力吓了一跳以后，医生们现在正考虑如何真的利用它们来治病。

Placebos can bring relief, especially from nerve-related problems like pain and depression.

安慰剂能让人得到缓解(痛苦)和安慰，尤其在疼痛和忧郁等相关问题上。

Compared to placebos, Vioxx and Prexige were associated with twice the risk of heart attack.

与安慰剂相比，万络和鲁米昔布高于其两倍的心脏病风险。

Others said they had ordered placebos for their patients after all other treatments had failed.

其他人说他们在所有治疗都失败之后给病人开安慰剂。

The report recommends that students and doctors should be taught about placebos and their usage.

报告建议向医生和医学系学生讲解安慰剂及其使用方法。

They found that SSRIs did not help the vast majority of depressed people much more than placebos did.

他们发现对抑郁病人的治疗上，SSRIs并没有比安慰剂带来更大程度上的帮助。

Patients who benefit from placebos might understandably wonder if the healing isn't somehow false, too.

我们可以理解，对于受益于安慰剂的患者来说，是否被治愈了，也是真假难辨的。

In certain ways, placebos are ideal drugs: they typically have no side effects and are essentially free.

从某些方面来看，安慰剂是理想的药物：他们通常没有副作用，而且基本上是免费的。

Placebos don't have the active ingredients being tested in the trial, so their only impact should be psychological.

安慰剂中并没有那些需要通过实验进行检测的有效药物成分，因而它们对于被试者的影响仅仅局限在心理方面。

Among the doctors who used placebos, one in five said they lied to patients and told them a placebo was medication.

在使用安慰剂的医生中，五分之一的人说他们对病人说谎，告诉他们安慰剂是药。

They can fail to feel pain for exactly the same reasons, for example when they are given placebos or are distracted.

对于同样的道理，例如，当他们被注射了安慰剂或者注意力被分散时，他们则完全感觉不到痛。

This finding supports the theory that placebos reduce pain by encouraging the brain to produce more natural opiates than usual.

这一发现支持了该理论：安慰剂是通过促使大脑产生比通常更多的天然麻醉剂来减少疼痛的。

This finding supports the the ory that placebos reduce pain by encouraging the brain to produce more natural opiates than usual.

这一发现支持了该理论：安慰剂是通过促使大脑产生比通常更多的天然麻醉剂来减少疼痛的。

The report says placebos, from vitamin pills to homeopathic remedies or even sham surgery, can prove highly effective in various treatments.

这份调查说，安慰剂、维生素药片，顺势疗法甚至假手术在各种各样的治疗中发挥了很好的效果。

In one older study of heart disease, control group patients were given placebos of corn oil or olive oil.We now know both can lower cholesterol levels.

在一个年代比较遥远的关于心脏病的试验中，对照组所服用的安慰剂中含有我们现在熟知的能够降低胆固醇的玉米油或橄榄油。