“The placebo effect – a phenomenon where symptoms can improve simply if a patient believes they are being treated – has long been recognised…”
Placebo effect ‘starts in the spine’
October 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
Date: 16th October 2009 Source: Times “If you thought the placebo effect was all in the mind, think again. Scientists have solved the mystery of why some people benefit from remedies that do not contain any active pain-relief…”
About Belief
September 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
What is the placebo effect? The placebo effect is a term used in medicine whereby someone’s beliefs or ideas about a treatment make their body respond to a physiologically inactive procedure- either a ‘drug’ or ‘surgery’. Why is it important? The placebo effect is important because it means that our beliefs can alter our physiological [...]
Placebos ‘becoming more effective’
September 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Date: Sep 4th, 2009 Source: The Telegraph ‘Just a placebo’ is a damning phrase. The administering of sugar pills, injections of saline solution and…
Harness the power of your beliefs: Create your own placebos
September 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Just think- 40 years ago, the notion that our mind may influence our body was considered a ridiculous notion. Our body was a machine, an object that we could only influence from the outside, not the inside. Now science has uncovered that actually, our mind and our emotions do have a significant effect on our [...]
The Science of Mind Over Matter
August 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Imagine that scientists discovered a new drug that could cure or improve the symptoms of most known diseases. Just one pill! Wouldn’t it make headline news all around the world, and become the greatest selling drug of…