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Hughes: Just What IS the Placebo Effect?

by Chris Tachibana | Jul 2, 2012

pillsIt’s a familiar idea that means “it’s all in your head,” right? Rebecca Hughes, Group Health Research Institute Senior Media Consultant, writes that clinical researchers still debate what the placebo effect is, what causes it, and even what to call it. Those little sugar pills are a lot more powerful than we thought.

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