Placebo: it's better than you think.

In this video, we discuss several papers talking about placebo effects in various conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, asthma, depression, chest pain. These papers demonstrate the importance of the mind in controlling our physical symptoms as well as the need for well controlled studies in determining if any drug or intervention has an effect beyond those of the mere ritual of medicine.

Links:

IBS study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364862/

Open label placebo studies https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889847/

Asthma https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1103319

Depression https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253608/

Knee pain https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa013259

Shoulder pain https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)32457-1/fulltext

ORBITA study on stable angina https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)32714-9/fulltext

Sham surgery systematic review https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/12/e009655 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_FCbx91gQQ