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Nocebo ― a placebo's evil twin

You've heard of the placebo effect: when positive thinking makes you believe your meds are working. Nocebo is the power of negative thinking. Wait, what?

Placebo's Never Let me go. Photo: Collected
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Placebo’s ‘Never Let Me Go’: Updated melody that sounds as relevant as it did in the 90’s

Nocebo effect: Placebo’s evil twin
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Nocebo effect: Placebo’s evil twin

The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Pfizer and BioNTech say they've won permission Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020, for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, the world’s first coronavirus shot that’s backed by rigorous science -- and a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. Photo: Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File
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Pfizer and BioNTech to offer Covid vaccine to volunteers who got placebo