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January 3, 2012 9:07 pm at 9:07 pm #601480cantgetitMember
WSJ, 1/3/12:
Say “placebo effect” and most people think of the boost they may get from a sugar pill simply because they believe it will work. But more and more research suggests there is more than a fleeting boost to be gained from placebos.
A particular mind-set or belief about one’s body or health may lead to improvements in disease symptoms as well as changes in appetite, brain chemicals and even vision, several recent studies have found, highlighting how fundamentally the mind and body are connected.
It doesn’t seem to matter whether people know they are getting a placebo and not a “real” treatment. One study demonstrated a strong placebo effect in subjects who were told they were getting a sugar pill with no active ingredient…
Hotel-room attendants who were told they were getting a good workout at their jobs showed a significant decrease in weight, blood pressure and body fat after four weeks, in a study published in Psychological Science in 2007 and conducted by Alia Crum, a Yale graduate student, and Ellen Langer, a professor in the psychology department at Harvard. Employees who did the same work but weren’t told about exercise showed no change in weight. Neither group reported changes in physical activity or diet…
Studies across medical conditions including depression, migraines and Parkinson’s disease have found that supposedly inert treatments, like sugar pills, sham surgery and sham acupuncture, can yield striking effects. A 2001 study published in Science found that placebo was effective at improving Parkinson’s disease symptoms at a magnitude similar to real medication. The placebo actually induced the brain to produce greater amounts of dopamine, the neurotransmitter known to be useful in treating the disease…
February 13, 2015 12:32 am at 12:32 am #1125657☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲ParticipantWhere can I order placebos?
February 13, 2015 2:00 am at 2:00 am #1125658JosephParticipantEasily make your own.
January 14, 2016 7:32 pm at 7:32 pm #1125659fiereMemberyeah, of course they work, but only if you’re imagining your health problem
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