What’s up with placebo effect and do we embrace it? What is placebo effect? What is nocebo effect? Placebo Effect The placebo effect describes a beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient’s belief in that treatment. Nocebo Effect In medicine, a nocebo reaction or response refers to harmful, unpleasant, or...

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Spoiler Alert: The request is simple. Please become part of the solution. I am a patient of the health care system. I have been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition, told that there’s no cure, and prescribed a cocktail of drugs for the rest of my life. I know many of you are in the same condition. As part of what I describe as my “healing journey”, I have been exposed to a lot of different practitioners within the conventional health...

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Does any of this sound familiar to you? I’ve been working on a new venture for quite some time, but it’s just never been quite ready to show anyone. I’ve talked about it, I’ve been known to be very passionate about it, but it just wasn’t quite good enough to show anyone. Well that all changed this month as my “new baby” was born. I have opened up the platform for my Healthy Community, the kimono is wide open, anybody can see it if...

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As a person with a computer science background, I have been a supporter of science of all kinds for a long time. Science has helped to explain a lot of things for us over the years. Yet I am also intrigued with the “evolution of science”. We all know of cases where science was used to “prove” what we thought to be true, yet actually turned out to be not so true after all. As examples: At one time, we believed that the earth was flat and...

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If you’re not finished asking ‘why’, then you’re not finished! I’m sure you remember the times when you heard a child ask the first ‘why?’ The parent pauses and gives a quick answer. And the child says ‘why?’ again. The parent digs a bit deeper and gives a more comprehensive answer. And the child says ‘why?’ again. It’s amazing how long a child can continue with this sincere curiosity. No matter the answer, they seem to...

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There are a lot of social issues that affect our communities today. Mental illness, physical disease, and global warming are but a few of the ones that seem to affect us all. They’re big problems, and it often seems like they are so big that there’s nothing that anyone can do to solve the problems. It’s very easy to be lulled into the belief that we are too small to make a difference. But what if?

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