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Help! I've lost my placebo effect. In Latin, placebo means "will please." In medicine, the placebo effect means if you believe a treatment works, you will feel better. An icon of medical practice for ...

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Remember that epic moment from Space Jam (the first one, of course, with Michael Jordan) where Bugs Bunny gives his teammates that very Michael's 'Secret Stuff,' which makes them incredibly strong and ...

Blease, Ph.D., . Bernstein, Ph.D., Locher, Ph.D., and Brown, M.D. are authors of the book The Nocebo Effect: When Words Make You Sick “You may feel a sharp pinch, but it will all be over quickly.” ...

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For David Hao, a chronic pain physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the conversation with a new patient experiencing severe chronic pain generally goes like this: He lays out possible ...