Placebo as Surgery When I first stumbled upon the concept of “sham surgery” (fake and, sometimes, staged placebo surgery) I was quite literally blown away. I could understand how aches and pains could be relieved through placebos, had a rough understanding of the fact that placebos may reverse cancer, yet the idea of fake surgeries having the same effects as real ones was not something I would have deemed as possible. Yet reliable scientific evidence and recorded cases indica

Imagine an idealistic pill. A seemingly ‘miraculous’ medicine or treatment. It has the potential to effectively and safely treat headaches, pain, colds, chronic diseases, to substitute surgery, resolve physical injuries and even reverse cancer. All these benefits in just one small, feather-light pill. You may wonder, what’s inside such a useful and powerful treatment? Is it a new medical breakthrough that enables one pill to treat so many different conditions? Is it some anci