Placebo - BBC Radio Medical Documentary - cheops

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  <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://radioarchive.cc/torrents-details.php?id=3383">Placebo - BBC Radio Medical Documentary - cheops</a></span><!--bold--></span><!--underline--><br /> <br /> Our beliefs and expectations about treatments can have a dramatic effect on our health - the so-called `placebo effect`. Doctor and writer <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ben Goldacre</span><!--bold--> presents a two part series.<br /> <br /> Two programmes of approximately 30 minutes each.<br /> <br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Programme 1: The Placebo Effect</span><!--bold--></span><!--underline--><br /> When a new drug or treatment is dismissed as being `no better than placebo`, we all get the message: any benefits are probably `all in the mind`, it`s ineffective, not worth pursuing. Yet studies suggest that the placebo effect can have a significant impact on the course of a wide range of illnesses, including depression, irritable bowel syndrome and angina. It seems that it`s the meaning of a particular treatment to the patient that`s crucial. For example, research shows that the colour of an inert sugar-pill and even the branding on the box, can alter a pill`s effect. In this first programme, Ben Goldacre looks at the growing body of research into the placebo effect, and explores the factors influencing the strength of the placebo response.<br /> <br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Programme 2: The Implications for Medicine</span><!--bold--></span><!--underline--><br /> Studies using placebo or `sham` treatments show that what a doctor says to a patient, along with the ritual of the therapeutic encounter itself, can have a real impact on health outcomes. This raises important ethical issues for those who work in medicine. A doctor`s first commitment is to the wellbeing and health of the patient. Given the undeniable benefits of placebos in the management of many hard-to-treat conditions, can it ever be right to prescribe a placebo without informing the patient? Could complementary therapies, many of whose specific effects are unproven, represent the acceptable face of placebo prescription? Has modern, scientific medicine, with its emphasis on `magic bullets` targeting specific diseases, lost sight of the importance of the `art` of medicine?<br /> <br /> Broadcast on Monday 18 and 25 August 2008 on BBC Radio 4.<br /> _______________________<br /> <br /> Type : mpeg 1 layer III<br /> Bitrate : 128 <br /> Mode : joint stereo<br /> Frequency : 48000 Hz<br /> Encoder : Lame 3.98<br /> _______________________<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">HumaxPVR9200TB+LAME+DVB-T=MP3 </span><!--bold--> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://cheops.fm">http://cheops.fm</a><br /> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://radioarchive.cc">http://radioarchive.cc</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - the Spoken-Word Radio Torrent Archive</span><!--bold-->
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