Is there scientific proof we can heal ourselves? | Lissa Rankin, MD | TEDxAmericanRiviera
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Reviewer: Chryssa Takahashi Can the mind really heal the body? And if so, is there
any scientific evidence to convince skeptical physicians like me? These are the questions that fueled
the last few years of my research and what I discovered
is that the scientific community, the medical establishment,
has being proving for over 50 years, that the mind can heal the body. We call it the "placebo effect". And we've been trying
to outsmart it for decades. (Laughter) The placebo effect is a thorn in the side
of the medical establishment. It's an inconvenient truth,
that gets in between, trying to bring new treatments, new
surgeries into the medical establishment. So it's a problem!
Supposedly. But I actually think,
this is really good ...