"Could the best medicine be no medicine at all? With new research demonstrating the startling power of the placebo effect, Radio Lab examines the chemical consequences of belief and imagination…from the symbolic power of the doctor coat to the very real stash of opium in your mind."

Pinpointing the Placebo Effect
The Doctor’s Perspective
Faith Healers from Mesmer to Christian faith healers

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