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Unexplainable — Placebos work. Why?
Not scored yet25m·2024-11-06·Science

Placebos work. Why?

Unexplainable

For decades, scientists thought that placebos only worked if patients didn’t know they were taking them. Not anymore: You can give patients placebos, tell them they’re on sugar pills, and they still might feel better. No one is sure how this works, but it raises a question: Should doctors embrace placebos in…

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