The chances are you’ve heard of the placebo effect; the chances are you’ve also heard it described in a dismissive way. Even the Oxford English Dictionary defines a placebo as ‘a substance that has no therapeutic effect’, so it’s little wonder it has become known as fake medicine: a worthless trick of the mind.
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