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About 31C here! Beginning of summer. Sun! Always sun! Oh for a bit of cloud cover!

I understand what you mean. I was totally miffed when I read an article claiming this a couple of years ago. And yet, when you think about it, people have been reacting to ordinary behaviour for a long time. Think of the Roman Catholic Church! Transubstantiation is ridiculous to many people. Yet...

What an “open-label placebo” can do for you Dr. Ted J. Kaptchuk, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has been studying placebos for...

I've had it twice > 20 years ago. Once when building my house and several lower back discs prolapsed causing immense pain. Quite a few weekly treatments from a regular GP. Needles did not hurt and were connected to electricity.Also on strong Panadol so I do not know if it worked. I switched to a...

Hello folks- I'm new here! When young there were many bed chairs. Usually wooden arms and frame. Quite a long seat and average back. An extension could be pulled from under the seat thus extending it to receive one of the two cushions of the seat. Back could be lowered in stages until flat and...