Viewpoint: Placebo Effect of the Heart

Viewpoint: Placebo Effect of the Heart – The Atlantic (free)

Related viewpoints: 12 Seconds of Placebo – An Outsider’s View of ORBITA – The HealthCare Blog (free) AND ORBITA Trial Puts Interventional Cardiologists On The Defensive – Cardiobrief (free) AND ORBITA: Another clinical trial demonstrating the need for sham controls in surgical trials – Science-Based Medicine (free) AND Coronary Stents Humbled Yet Again in Stable CAD – Medscape (free)

See original ORBITA trial and commentaries in our November 3rd issue (see #1)