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Placebo: Can the Mind Cure You?
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Placibos - Are They Really a Medicine?
Placibos are a form of mind cures, like if you think you're going to get better. By the 19 fifties scientists were putting this idea about expectation to the ultimate test. The fact that the plucibo effect was so powerful trigged a reckoning. Now we know that the placibo effect is not a panacea. Some things aren't really affected by it. But they've also been finding that placebes really can help with a bunch of different things - pain, dizziness, fatigue, anxiety, depression and nausea.
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