Taking a sugar pill can sometimes lead to real improvements in health. How does believing in a treatment, even when it’s fake, trigger physical changes in our bodies?
In: Biology
It doesnt.
Whats happening is people who take placebos are being given actual cures that they’re unaware of.
This is how you get weird medical trials were placebos cure cancer or other nasty diseases for seemingly no reason.
Its also illegal for doctors to prescribe placebos for some reason. You would think curing a good percentage of your patients with placebos would be worth it if placebos worked the way people thought.
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