The Power of Believing

What if scientists discovered a new drug-just one pill-that could cure or improve the symptoms of most known diseases? It would probably make headlines all around the world and become the greatest selling drug of all time. Actually, such a thing already exists. Let me introduce you to...the placebo!

A placebo is a dummy drug that's made to look just like real medicine. It's used in trials so that the real drug can be tested against a control. Being a control, it isn't supposed to heal-but it does, because patients believe that it's real. Their minds actually heal them.

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