Hello everyone! today I talk you about an article that I found in the web site of The Guardian - a newspaper of London.
The article is about placebo effect on our body and mind. Has from other study that 97% of 783 medical generals had prescribed placebo or treatments without effective results; in resume it is in all medical intervention. The good news is that in 1955 a Beecher’s study shows that third part of patient was satisfied with the placebo’s affect.
The interesting of the text is that it declares that the placebo effect it’s just part of the treatment because the other part is doctor’s disposition. This means that the doctor is an influence to us but anyway the reputation, charisma and convictions of him are factors that play an important role to believe him or not and convince us. Is probably these variables were not considered in the Beecher’s results. This way if the doctor’s suggestions convert us in optimist persons this will reflect in the disorder’s development. It’s like if our positive predispositions to illness working like prophecies. Finally is a self-recovery, because our mind stimulates our bodies.
More recently, in 2004, Wager explained the placebo effect at level brain – thanks to MRI – that had a control group then use a placebo cream which take away pain. This way discovered that active the prefrontal cortex which may be also is responsible of the liberation of opioids that calm the pain in the middle brain, besides of the reduction of sensitivity in the affected area.
For more information you can visit the web site:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/21/placebo-effect-medical-intervention
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It's a very interesting article! I think that placebos shows that using drugs it's not always the only solution for a lot of problems
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