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Mind Over Matter: the Placebo Effect
August 20, 2009 10:36 AM by Richard A. Baxter, MD

Not long ago I was doing an interview with a reporter on a story about anti-aging supplements, and she said something that caught me by surprise. Her question was: Why do some people swear by things that science hasn't proven to work? Isn't the fact that Read More...

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Supplements: Tell Your Doctor
June 25, 2009 10:00 AM by Richard A. Baxter, MD

It always surprises me that so many people are taking herbal and homeopathic supplements but don't think of them as medicines. Perhaps it is the type of people I see in a cosmetic surgery practice; a 2005 study in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Read More...

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