The magic feather effect : the science of alternative medicine and the surprising power of belief

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ISBN: 9781501121494
Physical Description x, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.

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The Magic Feather Effect : The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief

by Warner, Melanie

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Section	Section Description	Page Number
1	Donna's Eden: Under the influence of an energy healer	p. 1
2	Lost in Translation: The enduring practice of acupuncture	p. 15
3	Telltale Toothpicks: Acupuncture and the randomized, placebo-controlled trial	p. 30
4	The Pharmacy Within: What does a placebo effect feel like?	p. 39
5	Healing Partners: A case of vanishing back pain	p. 61
6	My Back Is Out: The hand therapy of chiropractic	p. 80
7	This Feeling in My Body: How acupuncture really works	p. 93
8	Brain Pain: The modern neuroscientific view of pain	p. 102
9	The Illness of Disease: Energy medicine and a rare disease	p. 118
10	The Zen Response: Stress reduction and the immune system	p. 138
11	The Emotional Rescue: A miracle at Lourdes	p. 153
12	All in My Head: The German psychosomatics	p. 173
13	Something to Believe In: Waking up neurons after a spinal cord injury	p. 188
14	Believing Is Seeing: Searching for signs of healing energy	p. 208
15	Why Doctors Need to Be More Like Alternative Healers (and Vice Versa)	p. 226
	Acknowledgments	p. 237
	Notes	p. 239
	Index	p. 261