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A large proportion of the benefit that a person gets from taking a real drug or receiving a treatment to alleviate pain is due to an individual's mindset, not to the drug itself. Understanding the neural mechanisms driving this placebo effect has been a longstanding question. A meta-analysis published in Nature Communications finds that placebo treatments to reduce pain, known as placebo analgesia, reduce pain-related activity in multiple areas of the brain. 
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During the pandemic, with people more socially isolated than ever, Japan saw a rise in suicides for the first time in 11 years in 2020. |
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For many males, experiencing the need for connection leaves them feeling inadequate, and unworthy of the very connection they yearn for.
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When it involves who is happier, people with kids or those without, most research points to the latter. But a replacement study suggests that oldsters are
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