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Placebo: Can the Mind Cure You?

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The Power of Placebo: Exploring Expectations

This chapter examines a researcher's experiments on the placebo effect at high altitude, revealing how expectations can lead to real physical changes in the body. It discusses the implications of these findings for reducing reliance on pharmaceuticals, highlighting significant studies on pain relief and patient recovery.

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