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Beyond the sugar pill: Are doctors misusing the placebo effect?

Would you feel better if, besides giving you a pill, your doctor also explained some potential benefits?

It's quite likely, according to research from placebo effect studies from the past couple of decades.
Features
Shot in the Arm: Has the U.S. Invested Enough Health Stimulus Money in Prevention?
To help boost the physical--and financial--health of Americans, the stimulus bill sent more than $122 billion to Health and Human Services. How much of that is helping to minimize visits to--and dollars spent on--the doctor?
In-Depth Reports
Stimulating Science: Following the Recovery Money
One year ago, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, which handed out billions of dollars for science, health, energy and other research. How is that money being spent?
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Changes proposed to key psychiatry manual
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Daring to Die: The Psychology of Suicide

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