Are Your Beliefs Making You Ill?
The Placebo Effect One of the best proofs that beliefs have a powerful impact on our health has existed for years right under the noses of every physician in the world: the placebo effect, “a change in a patient’s illness attributable to the symbolic import of a treatment rather than a specific pharmacologic or physiological property.” In other words, it is your natural healing ability triggered by belief in a treatment, doctor, or institution. Every new drug is tested for safety and efficacy before it is put on the market. Part of all testing involves giving the [...]
