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The imaginary pill that can cure mental illness

· 56 min

Episode The imaginary pill that can cure mental illness

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New studies on pain and mental illness are blowing minds - because a lot of what works best is ... placebo? Today we are talking about the new research on placebo pills, how even imagining taking a pill helps and also how it relates the future of medicine. We even explain exactly HOW placebo pills work.

STUDYTIME: why imaginary pills are curing illness!

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