Body & HealthHow it works

How a trial stops hope from faking the result.

Randomised: a random generator decides who gets the drug and who gets placebo – so the groups are equal on average. Double-blind: neither patient nor doctor knows who got what until the analysis is done. That way expectation, sympathy or unconscious nudging can't distort the result.

Useful: When a headline says “study shows”, ask: randomised, blinded, how many participants?

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