“Their brain is already tuned to respond,” said senior study author A. Vania Apkarian, professor of physiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Sugar Pill Just Might Control Your Chronic Pain
Researchers discover that certain people may be able to reduce their pain with their minds
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The placebo effect has long baffled medical researchers, but a new study has uncovered that some people have minds that can overcome their pain.
By Marla Paul
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