With new research demonstrating the startling power of the placebo effect, this hour of Radiolab examines the chemical consequences of belief and imagination.
Could the best medicine be no medicine at all? We take stock of the pharmacy in our brains, consider the symbolic power of the doctor coat, and visit the tent of a self-proclaimed faith healer.
***Pinpointing the Placebo Effect
***The White Coat
***Faith Healers
[May 17, 2007]

With new research demonstrating the startling power of the placebo effect, this hour of Radiolab examines the chemical consequences of belief and imagination. Could the best medicine be no medicine at all? We take stock of the pharmacy in our brains, consider the symbolic power of the doctor coat, and visit the tent of a self-proclaimed faith healer. ***Pinpointing the Placebo Effect ***The White Coat ***Faith Healers [May 17, 2007]

Radiolab - Placebo

A haphazard collection of my favorite episodes from other podcasts, including many that are now only available from archives. Creating so my wife and I can listen to them on my multi-month road trip across the US.

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Radiolab - Placebo

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