Not exact matches
In a landmark 1999 study, Harvard psychiatrist Andrew Stoll found that bipolar patients who were given large doses of omega - 3s did significantly better and resisted relapse longer than a
matched group of patients who were given
placebos.
Despite the poor
match, the vaccinated
group suffered 23 % fewer flulike illnesses than the
placebo group, lost 18 % fewer days of work, and made 25 % fewer hospital visits.
The two
groups were evenly
matched with regard to rates of response to induction therapy (44 % complete or partial response in the pemetrexed arm vs. 42 %
placebo arm).
Two
matched groups were compared:
group A treated with donepezil (10 mg / day) plus choline alphoscerate (1200 mg / day), and
group B treated with donepezil (10 mg / day) plus
placebo.
Following the same schedule,
placebo group participants consumed a calorie -
matched fruit cordial with less than 5 percent fruit mixed with water and maltodextrin.
The practice must have at least one study utilizing some form of control (e.g., untreated
group,
placebo group,
matched wait list study) establishing the practice's benefit over the
placebo, or found it to be comparable to or better than an appropriate comparison practice.