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Type: Magazine article / periodical page (likely from the new yorker based on font and cartoon style)
File Size: 3.18 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a scanned page from a magazine article (likely The New Yorker) discussing the science of the placebo effect, featuring researchers Ted Kaptchuk and Wayne Jonas. It details historical studies on morphine, Valium, and IBS, discussing the distinction between disease and illness. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029928' stamp, suggesting it was gathered as evidence in a Congressional investigation, though the text itself contains no direct reference to Jeffrey Epstein, his associates, or financial crimes.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Ted Kaptchuk Researcher
Arrived at Harvard in 1990, studied Chinese medicine, researching placebo effect.
Levine Researcher
Conducted morphine/placebo studies in the eighties.
Gordon Researcher
Conducted morphine/placebo studies in the eighties with Levine.
Fabrizio Benedetti Italian Neuroscientist
Expanded on placebo studies, studied with Gordon and Levine.
Luana Colloca Researcher
Colleague of Benedetti, now based at NIH.
Wayne Jonas Director/President
Former director of Medical Research Fellowship Program at Walter Reed; former head of Office of Alternative Medicine ...

Timeline (2 events)

1990
Kaptchuk arrived at Harvard.
Harvard
1995-1999
Wayne Jonas ran the Office of Alternative Medicine.
National Institutes of Health

Locations (2)

Location Context

Relationships (2)

Fabrizio Benedetti Academic/Professional Gordon
Benedetti studied with Gordon and Levine
Luana Colloca Colleague Fabrizio Benedetti
Text refers to Colloca as a colleague of Benedetti's

Key Quotes (3)

"“I thought, Ted, step back a minute. This wasn’t just something that was a negative. It was something that needed to be understood.”"
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"“What’s exciting here is that, if we are to talk about using placebos in a clinical setting, they would have to have a measurable effect and a biology we understand,” Wayne Jonas told me."
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"“Bore me to sleep, Daddy.”"
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