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The Placebo Effect and Pharmaceutical Companies

Scientists have noticed that patients may experience improvements just from thinking they've had medicine, even if that medicine is fake. But why does the placebo effect work, and why do some researchers believe it's growing stronger? Tune in to find out.

English
  • Originally Aired September 3, 2011
  • Runtime 5 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network Discovery
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