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09/20/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Magnet therapy shows promise in alleviating anxiety, research finds

Fears can now be blocked in a split second, provided that a specific region of your brain will be stimulated magnetically. This is a novel undertaking, seeing that a lot of people these days are afflicted with all kinds of phobias; some panic the first moment that they step foot on an aircraft, others howl […]

12/10/2016 / By Robert Jonathan

The placebo effect may actually be the most powerful healing medicine known to modern science

Hypochondriacs who tend to be worried sick could become sick for real, according to a new study from Norway that suggests the possibility of a mind-body connection between so-called health anxiety and heart disease. As defined by the American Psychological Association, hypochondria is “the conviction that one is ill, despite all evidence to the contrary.” […]

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