You’ve heard of the placebo effect – but what’s the nocebo effect? Is pain all in the mind?

The beneficial effect’s negative cousin is garnering more attention as Australian researchers say ‘social contagion’ is possibleFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen Dr Henry Beecher had no morphine to offer wounded soldiers during the second world war, he started administering a plain saline solution to give soldiers at least the impression of receiving pain relief.After the soldiers