Placebo. How would you feel ifthedrugyou had been taking to make you better was a dummy pill- placebo? If your symptoms improved, or even disappeared, would you mind that you had been tricked into getting better? As Dr Graham Easton discovers, the placebo effect is now being treated seriously by the medical profession, as researchers try to pinpoint the connection between mind and body. Producer Paula McGrath. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
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