There were essentially no hospitalizations or deaths in the vaccine group, whereas, in the placebo group, there were.

疫苗组基本上没有住院或死亡案例，而安慰剂组则出现了这样的情况。

Surprisingly, however, some of the placebo group also get better.

然而，令人惊讶的是，一些安慰剂组也有所好转。

In the placebo group, 23 did— almost 8 times as many.

在安慰剂组中，有 23 人这样做——几乎是安慰剂组的 8 倍。

And then in the placebo group, let's see what happens.

然后在安慰剂组中，让我们看看会发生什么。

Not that far from the baseline of the placebo group and certainly does not seem to be as significant of a change as we initially thought.

与安慰剂组的基线相差不远，当然也没有我们最初想象的那么大的变化。

And in the placebo group, the group that just got the sugar pill, we had a total of 120 people.

在安慰剂组，即刚服用糖丸的组中，我们共有 120 人。

Only three of those 30 studies had a placebo group, an important control that makes sure people don't start feeling better simply because they expect to.

这 30 项研究中只有 3 项设有安慰剂组，这是一项重要的控制措施，可以确保人们不会仅仅是因为期望而开始感觉病情好转。

They even brushed the rims of glasses with vodka in the placebo group — those that were told they were getting alcohol but didn't — to make it convincing.

他们甚至在安慰剂组，把伏特加刷在玻璃杯的边缘，这样可以使那些被告知自己在喝酒，但其实并没有的人能够相信。

In a study of elderly adults with memory problems, 500 ml of purple grape juice per day for twelve weeks allowed them to learn more words compared to a placebo group.

在一项针对有记忆问题的老年人的研究中，与安慰剂组相比，连续 12 周每天喝 500 毫升紫葡萄汁能让他们学会更多的单词。

This study, which was published in March, found that, a year later, 56% of the placebo group had relapsed, compared with 39% of the group that stayed on antidepressants.

这项于 3 月发表的研究发现，一年后，安慰剂组中有 56% 的人复发， 而继续服用抗抑郁药的组中有 39% 的人复发。

However, the study had to be halted early because the supplement group developed more aggressive cancers than the placebo group, and they had a higher death rate even years after the end of the trial.

然而，这项研究不得不提前停止，因为与安慰剂摄入组相比，保健品摄入组患上了更具侵袭性的癌症，即使在试验结束的几年后，他们的死亡率也更高。

But, upon closer inspection of this study, interestingly, the placebo group, the group that didn't consume any creatine, started at a much higher DHT level, 1.26 nanomoles per liter compared to 0.98 nanomoles for the creatine group.

但是，经过更仔细的研究，有趣的是，安慰剂组，没有服用任何肌酸的组，开始测试时的 DHT 水平要高得多，每升 1.26 纳米摩尔，而肌酸组则为 0.98 纳米摩尔。

Worsening of anxiety and depression was particularly common in the placebo group at 12 to 16 weeks—a finding that can guide doctors and patients on how to plan the timing of tapering the drugs.

焦虑和抑郁的恶化在 12 至 16 周时在安慰剂组中尤为常见——这一发现可以指导医生和患者如何计划逐渐减少药物的时间。