[REBROADCAST] Could fake medicine actually take away your pain or treat a disease? We dig into the science of placebos to find out more about the power of the mind to heal. We speak to medical researcher Prof. Ted Kaptchuk, neuroscientist Prof. Fabrizio Benedetti and medical psychologist Prof. Manfred Schedlowski. Check out the full transcript here: https://bit.ly/3xaPKM3 This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman, with help from Rose Rimler, Meryl Horn, Kaitlyn Sawrey and Michelle Dang. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Editing help from Caitlin Kenney. Fact checking by Michelle Harris and Erica Akiko Howard. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka and Peter Leonard. Music by Peter Leonard, Emma Munger and Bobby Lord. Recording assistance from Fabian Mirko May, Mary Dooe and Maggie Penman. A huge thanks to all the scientists we got in touch with for this episode, including Dr Diletta Barbiani, Dr Cynthia McRae, Dr J Bruce Moseley, Professor Apkar Apkarian, Professor Jon Stoessl,and others. And special thanks to Lynda McKenzie, the Zukerman family, and Joseph Lavelle Wilson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Manfred Schedlowski, Psychologe und Professor für Medizinische Psychologie, gibt spannende Einblicke in den Placebo-Effekt. Er erklärt, wie auch ohne echte Medikamente Heilungen möglich sind und dass die Erwartungshaltung der Patienten eine entscheidende Rolle spielt. Zudem wird das Phänomen von Placebo-Operationen beleuchtet und der Unterschied zwischen realen und eingebildeten Effekten diskutiert. Ein weiteres Thema ist die Gesundheit von Mischlings- versus reinrassigen Hunden, basierend auf aktuellen Studien zur Zuchtgentechnik.