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The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills

6 pointsby bcaa7f3a8bbcabout 5 years ago

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Nasrudithabout 5 years ago
I wonder about magnitudes and how different the rates are versus other hypotheses - say take the approximate risk profile for their genes and similar impact of just stress from traumatic events with negative health impact.<p>Essentially I wonder how comparable &quot;bonus stress&quot; is to a nocebo effect in terms of magnitude and if they can be distinguished.
arkjabout 5 years ago
They should add another title, “The Dark Side of the pharma effect: When excessive belief in profit kills”. I am in no way advocating any sort of blind belief.