In an article in the most recent issue of the Journal of the Amercian Medical Association, an article on the effect of Niacin as an HDL-raising drug in diabetic patients. The authors -- Doctors MB Elam, DB Hunninghake, KB Davis et al. -- conducted a double-blind study in which some patients received Niacin and others a placebo. Folks who take Niacin report a flushing sensation in the face, toes and fingers when they take this drug. The researchers were concerned that the absence of this flushing sensation would tip off the patients receiving the placebo, which would be a bad thing, from an experimenter's point of view. Their solution to this problem was reported as follows:

"Some of the niacin placebo tablets (15%) contained 50 mg of niacin to minimize unblinding of participants secondary to absence of flushing (a common adverse effect of niacin)."

"Unblinding"?

Is this what Jesus did for blind Bartimaeus the beggar on the road from Jericho? (Mark 10:46-52)

Is this really a word? Or just another example of Medspeak?