What kind of life is that?

URL:  http://healthrevelations.com/2011/01/20/fake-drugs/

The placebo effect demonstrates time and time again that belief in the power of a "sugar pill" can actually bring about improved health. In this article, improvements ran in the 50% range. That's worth noting.



If we can prove that a placebo works, we should also be able to demonstrate that believing we "have" illness would also have a significant impact on our health - in the wrong direction.



A mammogram, for example, can detect a small tumor years (10 - 15?) before the tumor reaches a size that may be dangerous. Yet, our system of care announces the presence of the tiny cancer and the patient's subconscious goes to work to "make it so". If nothing else, the patient will suffer for years with the KNOWLEDGE that she "has" cancer. What kind of life is that?



I also call the following "new diseases" to your attention; pre-diabetes, pre-cancerous lesions, osteopenia, pre-hypertension, and all those potential diseases identified with gene and DNA testing. If our unphysical self can make us feel better when we use a placebo isn't it just as likely that the same unconscious program can make us ill when we have been told we "have" something?

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