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But just taking sugar pills won't make you feel better. Your mind has to believe in what you are taking to gain the placebo effect.

• Alex3917 15y ago
  "But just taking sugar pills won't make you feel better. Your mind has to believe in what you are taking to gain the placebo effect." This isn't true. Again, look at the research: http://articles.latimes.com/print/2010/dec/22/health/la-he-placebo-effect-20101223 http://articles.latimes.com/print/2010/dec/22/health/la-he-p...
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  • SoftwareMaven 15y ago
    That is really interesting. I look at that and see a strong reason to look to cheaper, non-Western medicine, which has traditionally not been able to prove why it works. I would be very interested to see a similar study for treatment of a disease that we understand better. IBS has no real treatment of cause; all treatments are palliative and all treatments effectiveness seem to be strongly correlated with the patient's mental state. Of course, even this could be hugely beneficial for a huge range of diseases like Parkinsons and the like. I think this would be phenomenal if you were able to show a similar level of improvement with something like cancer or staff infections.
    • Alex3917 15y ago
      "I think this would be phenomenal if you were able to show a similar level of improvement with something like cancer or staff infections." http://www.maps.org/videos/source3/video14.html http://www.maps.org/videos/source3/video14.html Some interesting preliminary research on using ayahuasca to cure cancer. (Which the indigenous practitioners say works because it puts the user in touch with plant spirits or whatever.)