The ‘nocebo’ effect: Is ignorance bliss?

New research shows that talking to your doctor about a medication’s possible side effects — just hearing about the high blood pressure or abnormal vision — may increase the chance that you actually experience them. Ted Kaptchuk, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Arthur Barsky, HMS professor of psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, spoke about this topic on Radio Boston.

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