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In research studies and in real life, placebos have a powerful healing effect on the body and mind

  • Written by Elissa H. Patterson, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Michigan
imageThe concept of placebos – which are sometimes called "sugar pills" – has been around since the 1800s.Wladimir Bulgar/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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