Performance-enhancing drugs may have placebo effect

HGH made headlines earlier this year when baseball great Roger Clemens denied using it. But researchers say there is actually no firm scientific proof that HGH actually does enhance athletic performance.

This study presented Tuesday at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting shows a favorable outcome can be achieved purely on the basis of a belief that one has received something beneficial, even if one hasn't.

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