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Could the placebo effect help heal a broken heart?

The key to getting over heartbreak more effectively may be all in our heads.

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Hearts can actually break. หัวใจสลายนัันมีจริง Source: Image obtained by SBS Guide

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By Jim Mitchell

Presented by Tanu Attajarusit

Source: SBS Guide



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Placebos have long been found to ease physical pain, but how about an emotionally wounded heart?

In a side trip from the main game of looking at the management of physical pain, Michael Mosley’s Placebo Experiment asks if placebos could be used on something non-medical, like heartbreak.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we take a deeper look to see if it’s actually possible.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS Guide here.


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