Comments on: Placebos http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/11/placebos/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:47:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Meghan http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/11/placebos/#comment-3056 Meghan Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:48:55 +0000 http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2008/06/11/placebos/#comment-3056 I couldn't find anything that answered those questions specifically, but you might enjoy reading about "nocebos." http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mnocebo.html If the placebo effect exists at all (and there's research suggesting that it doesn't, which is touched on in the article above), I would imagine that the answer to your second question would be a yes. I couldn’t find anything that answered those questions specifically, but you might enjoy reading about “nocebos.”

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mnocebo.html

If the placebo effect exists at all (and there’s research suggesting that it doesn’t, which is touched on in the article above), I would imagine that the answer to your second question would be a yes.

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