Re: When placebos do harm

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Both are demonstrations of mind over body. Or rather

conscience thought. 



--- Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net> wrote:

> I've often thought that there is a "nocebo" effect

> associated with 

> exposure to hazardous substances and radiation, even

> below levels known 

> to be safe.

> 

> --Susan Gawarecki

> 

> When placebos do harm

> If you think those side effects you're feeling are a

> result of your 

> medication ... you may be wrong

> BY EARL LANE

> NEWSDAY WASHINGTON BUREAU

> http://snipurl.com/4o5o

> February 23, 2004

> 

> SEATTLE -- While researchers have tried to

> understand why some patients 

> feel better after receiving a sham pill, a placebo,

> rather than an 

> active drug, relatively little attention has been

> paid to the placebo's 

> evil twin: the nocebo.

> 





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"The care of human life and happiness . . . is the first and only legitimate object of good government."

Thomas Jefferson



-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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