Assertion: placebo's treatment | /r/HasProperty | studied
Facets:
value: scientifically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In his seminal article on why most published research findings are false, Ioannidis32 points out that when a popular but ineffective treatment is studied, false positive results are common for multiple reasons, including bias and low prior probability.
text: Second, in the case of the active drug, the patients improved because of the “specific” or “characteristic” effects of the treatment that can be scientifically studied, isolated, and predicted through specifically designed studies, the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) 7 , 8 .
text: These blind assessments were created to test controversial medical treatments at the time, and involved using a blindfold on or withholding information from patients so they were unaware of the exact nature of the treatment being studied.