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Medicine may work better if the doctor seems to believe it will work, new study suggests

By Stat News  
   October 28, 2019

A doctor’s subtle facial cues — an encouraging smile, or perhaps a wince — can influence a patient’s own beliefs about whether a treatment will work and can even help induce a placebo effect, a new study suggests.

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