Saturday, July 9, 2011

NIH Grant - The Placebo Effect: Mechanisms and Methodology (R01)

Evidently, the U.S. government is interested in enhancing the placebo effect by offering a research grant.  I’m not interested in the grant, but maybe my work might be helpful to others working on this.  See below.  I sincerely hope they study the nocebo effect also, and how to diminish it.

The Placebo Effect:  Mechanisms and Methodology (R01) -

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-12-003.html

Plug the search string below into Google to see the universities that might be working on this...
  

Some snippets from above I thought were particularly interesting…

… stimulate basic research to elucidate the underlying biological pathways that lead to placebo effects and to better understand how to recognize and enhance the therapeutic benefits of placebo effects in clinical research and practice.  

… to stimulate clinical research that can improve detection of placebo effects, as well as an understanding of how to manipulate(i.e., reduce or enhance)  and control them.  

The Virtual Healing Machine consists of a series of free videos available on the internet.  The videos provide a healing ritual to enhance the placebo effect, plus provide healing hypnotic suggestions.  I'm hoping this will help others, especially those who are hopeless and/or where professional healthcare is not possible.



Comment if you want.  Good health to you!


For a free mind/body healing tool, please see “The Virtual Healing Machine” - https://sites.google.com/site/thevirtualhealingmachine/

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