In a study at the University of Glasgow,15 researchers told fifteen runners that they were being administered doping drugs and then asked them to run a race. The runners’ race times increased significantly even though they were getting only saline injections. When our body expects to get better, it sends out messages to start the healing process. Hormones, immune cells, and neurochemicals are all released. The placebo effect provides proof that when we believe we are going to get better or feel better, we often do. It’s a testament to the power of the mind to affect the body with mere
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