The Power of Placebos

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February 12, 2022 a project of ServiceSpace To call what happens 'the placebo effect' is just to give a name to something we don't understand - Jon Kabat-Zinn - The Power of Placebos "Since the 1800s, the word placebo has been used to refer to a fake treatment, meaning one that does not contain any active, physical substance. Today, placebos play a crucial role in medical studies in which some participants are given the treatment containing the active ingredients of the medicine, and others are given a placebo. These types of studies help tell researchers which medicines are effective, and how effective they are. Surprisingly, however, in some areas of medicine, placebos themselves provide patients with clinical improvement." { read more } Be The Change If the placebo effect has you intrigued, check out this list of 10 other phenomena that science can't quite explain. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Barbara Kingsolver on Knitting as Creation Story Three Methods for Working with Chaos Humanity's Wake Up Call Live a Life Worth Living Amanda Gorman: The Miracle of Morning Peter Levine and Thomas Huebl: Healing Trauma & Spiritual Growth Canada's Caremongering Trend On the Road with Thomas Merton DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 242,600 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More