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The imaginary pill that can cure mental illness
Manage episode 488089021 series 2441159
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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291 episodes
Manage episode 488089021 series 2441159
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.
291 episodes
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