Placebo Effect Is Not Just Psychological

Copyright 2005 Daily News Central Patients who believe in the effectiveness of their pain medication will experience greater pain relief, finds a University of Michigan study published in the Journal of Neuroscience. Just thinking that a medicine will relieve pain is enough to prompt the brain to release its own natural painkillers, results indicate. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, provides the first concrete evidence that endorphins, the brain