1·Such rituals may be seen as placebos.
这样的仪式可能被视为安慰剂。
2·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。
3·Published in the Feb. 9, 2006, New England Journal of Medicine, the yearlong study found that the plant extract was no more effective than inactive pills (placebos) in easing symptoms of BPH.
新英格兰医学周刊在2006年2月9日出版的一篇长达一年的研究报告显示，这种草药并不比诸如安慰剂等药片在治疗BPH上更有效果。
4·What they found, published in this week's Annals of Internal Medicine, is that only about 8 percent of studies published in those top medical journals revealed what was in their placebos.
在这周出版的国际药品年鉴上，他们发表了这次的研究成果。他们发现这些尖端药品期刊上的研究报告中，只有8%说明了他们使用的安慰剂中的成分。
5·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。