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URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2391024
Journal J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2008 Jun;52(2):129-130
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Abstract/Notes Excerpt: Within medical science and popular culture, the term placebo refers to a sham intervention that may produce an effect without a biologic rationale. This effect is rarely recognized as a legitimate response, and often downplayed. However, in Placebo: mind over matter in modern medicine, Dylan Evans generates a convincing hypothesis that the placebo produces a biologic effect through suppression of the inflammatory cycle.

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