The power of the placebo effect - Emma Bryce
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The placebo effect is an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren’t supposed to have an effect — and are often fake — miraculously make people feel better. What’s going on? Emma Bryce dives into the mystery of placebos’ bizarre benefits.
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- Educator Emma Bryce
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by Yuan Zhang
Yuan Zhang
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Brain Power, Neurology or Psychology
Researchers have been looking for scientific explanations of the placebo effect, knowledge on brain power, neurology and psychology. There are still more hypotheses than confirmed findings. Is there any correlation between cancer (as a result of stress and anxiety) and placebo effect (a phenomenon of mind-tricking treatment)?
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Abel Maldonado
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Hello Yuan Zhang,
placebo effects will only usually work on minor illnesses. Cancer, however, is uncontrolled cell growth, so a mere sugar pill will do nothing.
