Cure
by Jo Marchant · first published 2016
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"A rigorous, skeptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind's extraordinary ability to heal the body ... While we accept that stress or anxiety can damage our health, the idea of "healing thoughts" was long ago hijacked by New Age gurus and spiritual healers. Recently, however, serious scientists from a range of fields have been uncovering evidence that our thoughts, emotions, and beliefs can ease pain, heal wounds, fend off infection and heart disease, even slow the progression of AIDS and some cancers. In Cure, award-winning science writer Jo Marchant travels the world to
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For anyone interested in further reading on the topic of the placebo effect, I'd recommend the book 'Cure'[0] by Jo Marchant [0]:https://www.amazon.com/Cure-Journey-into-Science-Mind/dp/038...
on “What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?” ↗Please read the excellent popular science book "Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body" by author/journalist Jo Marchant. It gives an excellent overview of all things placebo related. ps. the answer to your question seems to be "quite a lot".
on “Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitalization/Death by ~50 Percent” ↗…Joseph - Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Resurrection by John Man - Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari - Cuckold by Kiran Nagarkar - Goliath by Tom Gauld - This Will Never Happen Again by David Cain - Cure by Jo Marchant - If It’s Monday It Must Be Madurai: A Conducted Tour of India by Srinath Perur - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Enduring Love by Ian McEwan - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery -…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗…is characteristic of the exaggerated misunderstanding of similar study results by the article author, Jo Marchant. Marchant writes in this vein in other publications, most timed to promote her new book Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind over Body, but careful researchers who have examined the evidence disagree that the reported effects are real and meaningful.[1] A review of the book[2] agrees with…
on “You can train your body into thinking it’s had medicine” ↗