Day 15 of 365
January 15
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Health The Placebo Effect in Surgery
The placebo effect is so powerful that 'sham surgeries' where doctors make incisions but don't perform the actual procedure sometimes produce similar results to real surgeries. Studies on knee surgery for arthritis found that patients who received fake surgery reported similar pain relief to those who had the real procedure. This challenges our understanding of the mind-body connection.
💡 Did you know?
The color of a placebo pill affects its effectiveness - blue pills work better as sedatives while red pills work better as stimulants!
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