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SFH #123: Give Yourself Placebo

A dose of self-care 🧠

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Brian Hain
Jul 18, 2021
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In 2014 there was a study published on the effects of knowing you are taking placebo migraine medication.1 One group took a migraine remedy marked with the drug's name, another took a labeled "placebo," and the third group took nothing. The outcomes revealed the placebo was 50% as effective as the actual medication in reducing pain. How can we apply this…

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