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Eqvvi t1_iseqxj6 wrote
Reply to Does a reverse placebo exist? by Nearby-Cloud-3476
Yes, Alia Crum and Ellen Langer did a similar experiment to test whether physical exercise can actually be unhelpful if the person doesn't believe it IS exercise. They tested it on hotel housekeepers: gave some of them a presentation on how their work provides healthy exercise and the control group got nothing. The group that got the presentation improved on most of the parameters they measured. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17425538/
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It has also been tested with painkillers. If morphine is administered by a hidden IV after thoracic surgery patients don't experience as much relief as the ones who get it from a doctor (thus aware of it when it happens). They also tested it on Parkinson's disease treatment, hypertension and anxiety.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-07872-001
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And as others have mentioned, there are also studies on nocebos, that actually generate negative effects rather than just blunting the effects of a treatment.
Eqvvi t1_jdro5cu wrote
Reply to comment by styder_hiru in Research found after six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ages of 65 and 69 loses his wife he is 70% more likely to die in the year that follows, when compared with his non-widowed peers by Wagamaga
Single men have shorter lifespans than married men. Single women have longer lifespans than married women. So yes, if you're a woman, never marrying is beneficial.