英语翻译Docs Make Fake Pills Real MedsA new study finds that a s

英语翻译
Docs Make Fake Pills Real Meds
A new study finds that a significant number of physicians will on
occasion knowingly prescribe a placebo.Cynthia Graber reports.
By now we’ve all heard about the placebo affect:just by thinking a pill will help
cure what ails you,it often does.Well,it turns out doctors sometimes take
advantage of the placebo affect.Yes,doctors at least doctors in Chicago,
occasionally purposely prescribe placebos.That’s according to a study in the
Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Of 231 internists in Chicago who answered a survey,45 percent say they’ve
used placebos on occasion.The medicines of choice included antibiotics,
vitamins,ibuprofen,and amounts of medication too small to be therapeutic.All
prescribed for situations in which those pills shouldn’t have had an effect on
the patient’s particular complaint.
About a third of the doctors told patients that the pills might help and certainly
won’t hurt.About 20 percent simply tell them that it’s medicine.So even though
prescribing placebos remains controversial,clearly some docs are doing it.
Decades ago,physicians prescribed placebos to distinguish who had a real
problem and who was faking it.Today,they recognize the reality of the
mind-body connection,and that placebos can sometimes be just what the
doctor ordered.
–Cynthia Graber

【“假”药“实”治】
大意就是医生会开一些实际上不是“药”的“药”,这些药并非从生理上治理病人的病,而是通过心理层面（譬如心理暗示）使得病人自愈.