Dr. Barry Dworkin

The media-induced nocebo effect is quite real

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 16, 2013

Source:

DANGER: Reading articles about health and disease can make you feel ill

Reference:

Are media warnings about the adverse health effects of modern life self-fulfilling? An experimental study on idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields 

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