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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 10/10/2012 02:30:01
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The placebo effect is a reported improvement in a patient’s condition in response to their own expectation that a drug or treatment will make them better. Even giving a person a pill containing sugar and nothing else can still produce powerful painkilling effects if the person believes it’s an analgesic. So, what's going on in the brain to make this happen?
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