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Description: A placebo is a treatment with zero therapeutic value but magical healing power. To understand better how placeboes work, let’s look at Mr. and Mrs. Martin, who both suffer chronic back pain... This video was made with the support of our sponsors: Avigail, Badrah, Cedric Wang, Eva Marie Koblin, da7idj, Denis Kraus, Gilad Karni, Jakob Dannesboe, John Zhang, Julien Dumesnil, Mathis Nu, and all the others!!! You keep us going! If you want to join, visit patreon.com/sprouts Read the entire script here: docs.google.com/document/d/14YGEhsj3QtXJVhEkih851iFxLQucZ-VSF4X1bxHwXUw/edit?usp=sharing Sources: Reconsidering the Placebo Response from a Broad Anthropological Perspective ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730465 Sham surgeries: A tale of medical reversals & the role of the media healthnewsreview.org/2017/12/sham-surgery-medical-reversals-media Placebo Effect of the Heart theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/placebo-effect-of-the-heart/545012 The neuroscience of placebo effects: connecting context, learning, and health ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051 Two-year results of a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vertebroplasty for acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967454 Spinal Fracture Treatment nytimes.com/2019/01/24/health/spinal-fracture-treatment.html The Honest Placebo Studies hms.harvard.edu/news/placebos-work-even-without-deception