Placebo is from the Latin for "I will please"

​The Placebo Effect has been a "bad word" in medicine.
Why?
To my mind it means that the individual can control more of their own experience.
Why don't we learn to LEVERAGE that, instead of negating it?

Research suggests genetic links to the strength of this experience. But as Dr Chopra states, when it's all fully evaluated, the genes will likely only be part of the story. It's well known that epigenetic expression shifts in the face of all kinds of environmental influences, including hanging around negative people - so why wouldn't a significant positive interaction lead to a similar, albeit opposite, outcome?! Happy Thanksgiving and NEVER short change the power of your own mind to both influence and shift your own life experience. It is, in fact, the only thing that every really does!

THE PLACEBO EFFECT IS REAL. Deepak Chopra, MD

Why are you taking a STATIN?

If you are over 74 years old and have not been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (heart disease, stroke, atherosclerosis), and you are taking a statin (lipitor, crestor, etc) -YOU SHOULD STOP (of course, you should talk to your doctor first).

A large study from the British Medical Journal confirmed what I've thought for a long time - statins DO NOT PROVIDE A BENEFIT in this population (unless you have diabetes). If you have diabetes, there is a benefit with a reduction in cardiovascular events and all case mortality (i.e. dying) until you are 85, then that benefit goes away, too.

Bottom line - Statins continue to come up short as a solution for everyone, despite the push to get nearly everyone on them. Younger people at risk MAY have a reason to take a statin, but that should not be without a full evaluation and a great explanation as to how it will help!
​Happy to hear your thoughts!