Sunday, November 28, 2004, 7:46:10 PM, Andy Amago wrote: AA> Colds and other sickness relief is often a result of the AA> placebo effect. The placebo effect is so powerful and so AA> quantitatively measurable that people with Parkinson's disease and AA> knee problems have reported improvement of symptoms from placebo AA> treatments. It might be why chicken soup "works". and it might be the ingredients: a US chest specialist found chicken soup has anti-inflammatory properties. -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html