People Are Now Taking Placebo Pills to Deal With Their Health Problems—And It’s Working

Time magazine article on the discoveries of Dr. Ted Kaptchuk demonstrating the power of the placebo-effect - even when patients know it's a placebo.

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The Power of Self-Administered Placebos

From the archives of "The Improvised Life," comes a reflection on Kevin Kelly's comments on self-administered placebos. "The weird thing about placebos," he says, "is that they work similar to the substances they replace."

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Suggestible You by Erik Vance

In Suggestible You, Erik Vance explores the power of mind over body and how our beliefs can shape our health and wellbeing. Vance offers fascinating insights into the science of placebos, hypnosis and suggestibility, challenging the traditional boundaries of medicine.

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Harness the Power of Placebo for your Patients

In this Research Report and Clinical PDF Guide sponsored by the Samueli Foundation, Dr. Wayne Jonas explores the "meaning response" of placebo-based treatment including the effects on healing from expectations, rituals and conditioning.

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The Power of Placebos by Jeremy Howick

Placebos are the most widely used treatments in the history of medicine. Thousands of studies show that they can be effective and make us happier and healthier. Yet confusion about what placebos are and how to measure their effects prevents some doctors from using them to help patients. Meanwhile, damage caused by the nocebo effect―the negative effect of expecting something bad―is not widely recognized. In The Power of Placebos , Jeremy Howick provides an interdisciplinary perspective on placebos and nocebos based on more than twenty years of research and data from over 300,000 patients.

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How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body by Dr. David R. Hamilton

In this book, Dr David Hamilton shows how the mind can have the power to heal the body. Here he describes the power of positive thinking and how thoughts and emotions mold the structure of the brain and change our body at a cellular level. The book also includes true-life stories from people who have successfully visualized themselves well and contains a powerful list of specific visualizations that you can use to heal yourself from illness.

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You Are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza

You Are the Placebo combines the latest research in neuroscience, biology, psychology, hypnosis, behavioral conditioning, and quantum physics to demystify the workings of the placebo effect . . . and show how the seemingly impossible can become possible.

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