In Latin, the word “placebo” means “I shall please.” In the medical world, placebos mean something … well, a little different. Bapu Jena walks us through the thorny world of placebo research and the implications the placebo effect can have for patients.
The Economics of Everyday Things: Animal Urine
Tom Brady, A.D.H.D., and a Really Bad Headache (Bonus)
78. Do Kids Cause Divorce?
77. They Make Minimum Wage. They Could Save Your Life.
76. Is a Spoonful of Sunlight the Best Medicine?
75. What Is Sugar Really Doing to You?
74. How Does Playing Football Affect Your Health?
73. Who Pays for Multimillion-Dollar Miracle Cures?
72. What’s Stopping Us From Curing Rare Diseases?
71. What Do COVID-19 and Cancer Have in Common?
70. Why Are There Still So Few Female Surgeons?
69. Home Sweet … Hospital?
68. The E.R. Doctor’s Dilemma
What Can We Do About the Hardest Patients? (Ep. 51 Replay)
67. Why Did This 60-Year-Old Man Collapse at the Supermarket?
66. Does Health Insurance Make You Healthier?
65. How Do Pandemics Change Health Care?
64. Is Facebook Bad for Your Mental Health?
63. What Medicine Gets Wrong About Race
Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s? (Ep. 49 Update)
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