Sentence examples for given dummy from inspiring English sources

Initially, in fact, women who took the combination actually had slightly more heart problems than women given dummy pills.

Although statistically, therapy alone was no better than a placebo, it did lift depression in 43 percent of the teenagers studied, compared with 35percentt given dummy pills.

While most side-effects were similar in children given the vaccine and given dummy jabs, there were significantly more with meningitis among those given the vaccine.

There were 750 cases for every 1,000 vaccinated children over a year, compared with 1,500 cases for 1,000 children among those who were given dummy injections.

In trials of the modern antidepressants fluoxetine and venlafaxine, says Gøtzsche, it takes only a few extra days for depression in the placebo group – given dummy pills – to lift as much as in the group given the drugs.

To investigate the limits of placebo, Prof Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School's Osher Research Center divided 80 patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) into two groups: one received no treatment and the other was given dummy pills to take twice a day.

East had to give dummy the diamond ace at the finish for nine tricks.

The gentle childishness of the characters gives "Dummy" a genuine sweetness that turns into treacle from time to time.

Madala saw that if he ruffed, he would be endplayed, forced either to give dummy an extra spade trick or to lead around to declarer's probable diamond king.

After a second 8-week maintenance period, a similar switch took place whereby this time anyone who had actually switched drugs previously was given a dummy switch overnight, and those who had the dummy switch previously changed to the alternate formulation of drug.

The first group were given a dummy pill, a placebo, and were told just that: you're in the control group, taking a dummy pill, with no active ingredient.