Placebo effects

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3051, 2015, págs. 33-34
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Some moms swear that reiki, a technique claimed to channel healing energy through touch, cured her painful frozen shoulder. And some sisters' promises of homeopathic remedy will relieve their frequent stomach aches. Such claims raise eyebrows among those who champion rational thinking. There is often no physiological mechanism by which these and other alternative therapies could work, and they regularly fall to pass the standard tests for efficacy in medicine. Here, discusses how to harness the power of positive thinking.