Placebo, Nocebo, and Covid-19 with Dr. Luana CollocaWe often talk here on the show about the placebo and nocebo effects.However, it’s not every day that we get to include the perspective of atop researcher in the field of placebo and nocebo research.Dr. Luana Colloca, an Associate Professor and Director of the CTSA Tl1Pre-and Postdoctoral Training Program at the University of Maryland, isa leading researcher of the placebo and nocebo effects. She is in themidst of doing a study regarding the roles of placebo and nocebo duringthe Covid-19 epidemic, and while she couldn’t go into any details aboutthe study itself, she was kind enough to share her perspective andunderstanding of the overall topic with our audience today.She delivered a Ted Talk in 2018 on the topic, “Are Placebos TheSolution? Tackling The Opiod Epidemic In The Decades Ahead” in which sheargues that we need to shift our national conversation about pain.In today’s interview, Walt tries to push the boundaries with her to seejust how far current science believes that placebos and nocebos can go.Dr. Colloca makes it very clear that there are limits, but she alsogives us a great flavoring regarding the ways that the limits havealready been tested. From an LOA perspective, we believe that there are truly no limits tothe human mind’s ability to heal the human. Today, we learn how faralong that same path of insight and discovery modern medical science hasprogressed. The result is a truly interesting and entertaining discussion.To subscribe to the LOA Today podcast via iPhone, iPad, or iPod, clickhere: https://apple.co/2qlDSneTo subscribe to the LOA Today podcast on an Android device, click here:http://tinyurl.com/y6cm2yt9To subscribe to the LOA Today using any device, click here:https://www.loatoday.net/Our YouTube channel is at: https://bit.ly/2XRzhZDWatch our livestream at:https://www.youtube.com/c/loatodaypodcastvideos/liveTo talk with us on the phone go to: https://zoom.us/j/8602645432And for all of our existing LOA Today subscribers, please keep sharingon your favorite social media channels that you’re listening to LOAToday, so that more and more people can get their daily doses of happy.