I tend to disbelieve the results of this study based on personal experience and the stories shared by others of their experiences. There were also a disproportionate number of male vs females entered into the study. The way I understood it was that the doctors did not actually examine these patients, but based their treatment decisions on the "medical vignettes" provided. Not a precise way to study what color of M&M tastes best much less what kind of pain treatment should be prescribed!

As with anything, statistics can be skewed to support basically anything under the sun.

So, I respectfully disagree with the results of this study.