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Placebo: Can the Mind Cure You?

Science Vs

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The Placebo Effect

A century ago, scientists discovered the 'placibo effect' The placebo effect is thought to make people feel better when they take a new drug. This experiment flew in the face of everything that scientists knew about the placebo effect. To fully understand why it's so surprising, we're going to leave linda's story for now and take you back to a time before scientists were studying the placibo effect.

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