Placebo effect
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- The placebo effect is the measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health not attributable to treatment.
- The placebo effect is likely the main reason people believe in all sorts of wacky medical claims, from homeopathy to therapeutic touch.
- " A placebo effect is a beneficial response to a substance, device, or procedure that cannot be accounted for on the basis of pharmacologic or other direct physical action.
- Zubieta thinks the placebo effect is piggybacking on the bodys innate painkilling system.
- The placebo effect is not totally understood, yet this fact should not lead anyone to believe that its effects should be discounted.
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