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Words have energy—and the impact of yours can change lives. Speak with intention. Be mindful. Be kind. #PowerOfWords #SpeakLife #MindfulCommunication #WordsMatter #KindnessCounts #EnergyInWords #ConsciousLiving #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Placeboeffect #Meditation
#PlaceboEffect
Reprogram your brain to believe that positive change is coming and you will see opportunities you might otherwise miss. Pessimism and cynicism won't help us.
Supplements and garlic won’t cure the common cold, despite what the BBC say
The BBC reported on home remedies to fight the common cold – but what they gave us were weak, biased, and p-hacked studies
🥴 Oh, the groundbreaking revelation that not all placebos wear the same lab coat! Our esteemed author regales us with tales of 18th-century gadgetry more effective at relieving wallets than ailments. 🚜✨ Who knew the placebo elite had such a rich history of being equally useless but differently priced?
https://www.samstack.io/p/all-placebos-are-not-created-equal #placebohistory #18thcenturygadgets #placeboeffect #medicalhumor #historicalinsights #HackerNews #ngated
Let's dance!
#KätToon #Satire #Homeopathy #Homöopathie #placeboeffect #placeboeffekt
The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen
The most-cited example of the powerful placebo is Henry Beecher using saline instead of morphine... except, it likely never happened
Placebo surgery: why performing fake operations doesn’t actually help anyone
Placebo surgeries do not work – if a surgery performs no better than placebo, it means that operation doesn't work, not that placebos are powerful
Non-deceptive placebo pills reduce stress, anxiety, and depression—even remotely administered https://www.psypost.org/non-deceptive-placebo-pills-reduce-stress-anxiety-and-depression-even-remotely-administered/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MentalHealth #PlaceboEffect #AnxietyRelief #StressManagement #DepressionHelp
German researchers tested if side effects (e.g., a burning nose from a nasal spray) could enhance treatment. Turns out, they do! People felt less pain with placebo sprays causing mild side effects, believing "the meds work."
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae132
This makes us rethink: could even mild sensations (bitter taste, slight burning) make drugs seem more effective? 🤔 No wonder this study won an #IgNobelPrize - it’s both funny and thought-provoking!
Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise
Among the many odd claims made about the placebo effect is that pacemakers work even before they're switched on - which obviously isn't true
The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it
The idea that the colour of a pill influences what placebo response you get is based on a succession of badly designed or badly interpreted trials
Religion is simply a powerful placebo – offering priests a sense of ritual, but little else
Theatrical but ultimately ineffective, religion may be the ultimate placebo effect - as 17th Century priest Jean Meslier realised 300 years ago
Al jaar lang erge rugpijn. Eindelijk morgen een MRI. Is de pijn ineens weg. #mindovermatter #placeboeffect #tussendeoren
Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditatio | EurekAlert!…
Pain is a complex, multifaceted experience shaped by various factors beyond physical sensation, such as a person’s mindset and their expectations of pain... continue reading at EurekAlert #pain #brain #placeboeffect #mindfulnessmeditation #health #mentalhealth
Overly simplistic headlines muddy the water around placebo effects and mislead the public
Recent headlines claim we 'finally know' how placebos work, thanks to a trial that is little more than Pavlovian conditioning. No wonder the public is confused
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Neuroscientists discover brain circuitry of #PlaceboEffect for pain relief
UNC School of Medicine research reveals a pain control pathway from the cortex to cerebellum crucial for #placebo analgesia – when the expectation of #painRelief leads to pain alleviation without a therapeutic intervention, such as with a drug
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1052303 #science #neuroscience #brain
The #PlaceboEffect isn't just perception.
Well, OK, it is literally perception, but a group of scientists studying it appear to have figured out at least some of the neurochemical basis for why a #placebo works. It's chemistry.
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Maybe related;
I've found multiple groupings around #Homeopathy.
#EvidenceBasedMedicine says (perhaps) "We need large RandomControlledTrails to determine it's efficacy".
#ScienceBasedMedicine want to reject it's use as it's claimed mechanism is entirely fanciful.
#Skeptics follow #SBM .
#Clinicians (some) see (some) good outcomes and don't care if they're #PlaceboEffect #Placebo or not.
#PleasedUsers get results they want.
#DisappointedUsers try but aren't satisfied.
Hotels and houseplants: why we should doubt Ellen Langer's mind-over-matter miracles - The Skeptic https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/06/hotels-and-houseplants-why-we-should-doubt-ellen-langers-mind-over-matter-miracles/ #skepticism #science #placeboEffect
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