Ted Kaptchuk discusses placebos with Heather Kahn

Can A Sugar Pill Help You Feel Better? Surprising New Research on Placebos

Ted Kaptchuk, Director of the Program in Placebo Studies & the Therapeutic Encounter at BIDMC, talks about the role of the placebo to health and describes the surprising results of a recent study which found that patients with irritable bowel syndrome felt better after receiving placebo treatments – even though they knew they were getting sugar pills.

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