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mantas
on Nov 15, 2023
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Australia's overuse of antibiotics driving rate of...
You feeling better drinking water certainly did help.
Waterluvian
on Nov 15, 2023
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Yeah, like water obviously helps. And the placebo of imagining like… “sickness” being flushed out helps too.
mantas
on Nov 16, 2023
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Yes. Placebo is one of the strongest drugs we got. The problem is how to make a strong placebo… But I remember an interesting study that placebo works even if patient doesn’t believe in it. Ot as effectively though.
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