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Anti-Aging & Wellness Event

Posted by: drjames in wireless, who wants to be a millionaire, wellness, treatment, toxins, toxicity, Symptoms, sleep, skeptics, self-help, products, probiotics, placebo, pharmaceuticals, patches, nutritional therapy, nutritional supplements, nutrients, neurological, Natural Trade Show, natural depression treatment, natural alternatives, multiple chemical sensitivity, mental health, medications, medical establishment, media, LifeWave, illness, Health, glutatione, genetics, fibromyalgia, exercise, Energy Enhancer, energy, drugs, drinking water, diet, antioxidants, antiaging on Jun 11, 2009

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The Wellness Revolution (Wiley, 2002) was the “shot heard round the world” for the wellness industry. It defined wellness as an industry—linking hundreds of thousands of disparate service and product suppliers with a single cause.

It showed like-minded scientists, fitness providers, businesspeople, food manufacturers, restaurant owners, wellness product distributors, doctors, and others focused

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Placebo pills for fibromyalgia and other hard to treat conditions

Posted by: Maff in placebo, medications, fibromyalgia on Oct 24, 2008

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An article on WebMD this week addressed a very interesting issue. Should doctors give patients placebo (non-active) pills in any circumstances. It turns out this is a surprisingly common practice when doctors are faced with poorly understood chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia.

A recent survey revealed that more than half of doctors give out fake prescriptions to patients and that the majority

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