SMHlemmy.dbzer0.comimage fossilesque ( @fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 11 days ago message-square16fedilinkarrow-up1312
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minus-square FundMECFS ( @FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-211 days agoYep. Thank fuck we invented double blind RCTs. Otherwise placebo effects might have us still convinced blood letting with leeches works.
minus-square djsoren19 ( @djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•11 days agoI mean, bloodletting is rarely a valid treatment, and leeches can be good for it. The issue was more that it was overprescribed.
Yep. Thank fuck we invented double blind RCTs.
Otherwise placebo effects might have us still convinced blood letting with leeches works.
I mean, bloodletting is rarely a valid treatment, and leeches can be good for it. The issue was more that it was overprescribed.