hypochondria (hh1pú-kÄn2drT-ú) n. 1. The persistent neurotic conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving experiences of real pain when illness is neither present nor likely.
The mind is a powerful tool. Jack > From: "Arnold Beland" <abel...@tampabay.rr.com> > Reply-To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 08:09:34 -0400 > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: Re: CS>OT> THE NOCEBO EFFECT > Resent-From: silver-list@eskimo.com > Resent-Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 05:10:18 -0700 > > Think Sick, Be Sick >> That study is a classic in the annals of research on the "nocebo" >> phenomenon, the evil twin of the placebo effect. While the placebo >> effect refers to health benefits produced by a treatment that should >> have no effect, patients experiencing the nocebo effect experience the >> opposite. >> They presume the worst, health-wise, and that's just what they get. >> "They're convinced that something is going to go wrong, and it's a >> self-fulfilling prophecy," -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
