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The imaginary pill that can cure mental illness

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New studies on pain and mental illness are blowing minds - because a lot of what works best is ... placebo? Today we are talking about the new research on placebo pills, how even imagining taking a pill helps and also how it relates the future of medicine. We even explain exactly HOW placebo pills work.


STUDYTIME: why imaginary pills are curing illness!


WDWLTW:

  • is decaf coffee as effective as real coffee?
  • when did birds ACTUALLY evolve?

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New studies on pain and mental illness are blowing minds - because a lot of what works best is ... placebo? Today we are talking about the new research on placebo pills, how even imagining taking a pill helps and also how it relates the future of medicine. We even explain exactly HOW placebo pills work.


STUDYTIME: why imaginary pills are curing illness!


WDWLTW:

  • is decaf coffee as effective as real coffee?
  • when did birds ACTUALLY evolve?

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

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