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:::(ECx2) Ed as you illustrated above there is a psychological component to how we are able to control our own bodies. That's really how a lot of these liberal new-age talking or touching therapies work (also a good old-fashioned mom's "let me kiss it better"). Because people often feel better fom getting personal attention rather than being palmed of with a couple of apsirin. I guess it's because we all need to be loved and I suspect this is why Christians can withstand greater apparent suffering because they know they are loved by God and Jesus. Placebos tend to work well for things like pain control but are generally ineffective against serious infectious diseases like polio or tetanus, however they can affect how a patient perceives the disease so when testing the efficacy of a new drug placebos are used to establish a baseline against which to measure the effectiveness of the drug. Interestingly when people are told that the placebo is more expensive (obviously they don't know it's a placebo) then it is found to have an even greater effect. Of course, Hollywood stars require incredibly expensive placebos! [[User:BrianCo|BrianCo]] 14:58, 2 December 2008 (EST)

:::(ECx2) Ed as you illustrated above there is a psychological component to how we are able to control our own bodies. That's really how a lot of these liberal new-age talking or touching therapies work (also a good old-fashioned mom's "let me kiss it better"). Because people often feel better fom getting personal attention rather than being palmed of with a couple of apsirin. I guess it's because we all need to be loved and I suspect this is why Christians can withstand greater apparent suffering because they know they are loved by God and Jesus. Placebos tend to work well for things like pain control but are generally ineffective against serious infectious diseases like polio or tetanus, however they can affect how a patient perceives the disease so when testing the efficacy of a new drug placebos are used to establish a baseline against which to measure the effectiveness of the drug. Interestingly when people are told that the placebo is more expensive (obviously they don't know it's a placebo) then it is found to have an even greater effect. Of course, Hollywood stars require incredibly expensive placebos! [[User:BrianCo|BrianCo]] 14:58, 2 December 2008 (EST)