How powerful is the placebo effect?

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How powerful is the placebo effect?

I know the placebo effect can somewhat help people, but are there limits to it? Could the placebo effect cure a blind person or save someone from cancer?

2007-03-04 09:32:34 · 2 answers · asked by Hmmbop 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health

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Placebos may have no medicinal properties, but they can sometimes work miricles in the way a person feels psychologically, although not physically.

2007-03-04 09:36:43 · answer #1 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

It would help neither.

2007-03-04 09:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋