While the specific term "placebo" didn't enter the medical lexicon until the late 18th century, ancient physicians were intimately aware of the effect. The ancient Greek, Indian, and Chinese traditions all leveraged the capacity of belief, trust, and suggestion to facilitate healing. However, with medicine’s scientific turn, the placebo has garnered a negative connotation of… Continue reading The Set and the Setting
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Sagarmatha Beckons
At the beginning of last year, I was reading a travel magazine and came across an article for a trek to Everest Base Camp. The pictures of the world’s highest peak and its surrounding landscape were breathtaking and I immediately wanted to experience the trek to the third pole. However, the article also mentioned that… Continue reading Sagarmatha Beckons
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