Nancy Shute from NPR shares her interview highlights with Erik Vance. He is the author of the book, “Suggestible You.” They discussed about the capacity of the brain and its effect on placebos, memories and healing.
Vance shares his unique story. He did not seek any medical attention until he was 18 years of age. He was exposed to the practice of Christian Science, and he tells about his experience. When he reached adulthood, he left the faith but he was still intrigued about how people’s belief influenced their health conditions.
How The Brain Powers Placebos, False Memories And Healing
Erik Vance didn’t go to a doctor until he was 18; he grew up in California in a family that practiced Christian Science.” For the first half of my life, I never questioned the power of God to heal me,” Vance writes in his new book, Suggestible You. Read more…
On another interview, Kristina Fiore from MedPageToday asks the Suggestible You author about the science concerning the placebo effect. It may be featured over the internet, news headlines, and even at medical conventions. However, this phenomenon is easily gets unnoticed. It may not present such a huge impact for some.
Let’s take into consideration: a third of patients feeling better using this pill. Gives us some thought whether there may be some improvement in clinical treatments with the use of human suggestibility.
Are You ‘Throwing Away 30% of Your Cure’?
It’s easy for physicians to overlook the placebo effect. It’s pervasive in medicine, appearing in journal articles, posters, and presentations at medical meetings. A 30% placebo response rate? No big deal. Read more…
In this separate discussion, The Book Brigade talks to Erik Vance about his latest book, his beliefs and the placebo effect. It doesn’t only affect the placebo response – suggestion takes part in our everyday lives.
Vance explains that this effect is about the processes that happen in our body. There are many kinds and this happens because our body is reacting due to the absence of treatment and it strives to make us feel better.
Check out the full conversation:
Suggestible You: The Book Brigade talks to science journalist Erik Vance.
The power of suggestion lies behind the placebo response, but let’s not kid ourselves —it plays a big role in our everyday life, too. Read more…
This tells us that if the mechanisms can be developed in the future, we can develop therapies using the brains’ functions and the therapeutic effects of placebos.
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