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Sports Doping's Effect May Be in the Mind

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By Alan Mozes
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- When athletes think they are taking a performance-enhancing drug, their performance tends to get better -- even if they never really take the drug.

So concludes a study of recreational athletes, half of whom received human growth hormone supplements while the other half took a placebo.