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Discover the placebo effect, a fascinating phenomenon where belief alone can trigger real changes in the body. Explore how it works and its implications for health and well-being. Find the full transcript of this episode and learn more about it on https://englishpluspodcast.com/t ... Show More

This episode covers a patient in a placebo-controlled clinical trial and explores the placebo effect. 

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Dr. Gregg Day talks with Dr. Kathryn T. Hall about the complexities of the placebo effect, its variability among patients, and the genetic factors that influence responses to placebo treatments.  Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 

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What is the amyloid hypothesis and how does it relate to Alzheimer's? We cover these things in this episode!