Placeboes Work even on Informed Patients

An article from the LA Times. I reprint the whole thing without comment. Draw your own conclusions as to what this means about the mind-body relationship, or the ability of humans to get well merely by mental means, or, dare I say it, spiritual? (Or, if you are cynical, draw your own conclusions about the utility of scientific studies). Either way, the study hints that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in Horatio’s philosophy.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/22/health/la-he-placebo-effect-20101223

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