HOW REAL IS THE PLACEBO EFFECT?

Authors :: Guterl, Fred
Source :: Newsweek (Pacific Edition); 06/18/2001 (Pacific Edition), Vol. 137 Issue 25, p43, 1p, 1 Color Photograph
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Comments on the placebo effect and the use of the mind-body connection as a bona fide medical treatment. Discussion of a study appearing in the May 2001 issue of 'Science,' which suggests that the power of placebo is a myth; Popularity of alternative medicine and treatment; Criticism of the research for lumping together studies that dealt with a wide range of ailments.