The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect
When we tell someone who is unwell “It is all in your head”, we rarely suspect the extent to which this is true. The world of medicine in recent years has started to obtain a better understanding of the phenomenon known as “the placebo effect” – a situation in which treatment with a false medicine leads to an actual improvement in the health condition.
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Select the correct answer. The placebo effect is attributed to:
The effect of a drug on the brain
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A false drug or treatment that cause health improvement
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An unexplained health improvement
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Select the correct answer. The effect of a placebo drug depends upon:
The type of disease being treated
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Dosage of the active ingredient in the drug
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The type of drug and the form of intake
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Belief that the received drug can contribute to health improvement
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Select the correct answer. A placebo effect attributed to a drug can be influenced by:
All of the above
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The form of packaging of the medicine
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The number of pills taken per day
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The price of the medicine
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The color of the pill
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The size of the pill containing the medicine
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Select the correct answers. From the results presented in the graph one can conclude that:
Placebo has no effect on the mortality rate of placebo recipients
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Mortality rate among placebo recipients is similar to that of people who did not receive any treatment
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Mortality rate among placebo recipients is lower than of people who did not receive any treatment
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Mortality rate among placebo recipients is higher than of people who did not receive any treatment
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In this video the students will be presented with information regarding the cholesterol molecule. They will learn that it reaches the cells either by food intake or by production in the stomach. The students will learn how it is packaged within different compartments in the body and what are the negative effects of cholesterol. All the answers to the questions can be found in the video, except for question 2, in which one should think of the implications of blocked blood vessels on the organism
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