【56】role, if any, does emotions play in【57】or curing illness？ The question is older【58】western medicine, but it has been given new importance by modern science's discovery of innovative【59】to measure the mind's impact【60】the body's health. Scientists are studying whether, and to what【61】, disease can be affected by the use of【62】mind-body techniques as meditation, yoga, group therapy, guided imagery (visualizing the desired effect)【63】relaxation. There is little question that we can alter the course of disease【64】manipulating psychological factors.【65】to make this knowledge useful to physicians, we need to understand the mechanisms. When researchers can pin【66】the appropriate clinical uses for mind-body therapies, the result will be a revolution in medical【67】.
For many patients, the【68】has already begun. Increasingly, people are using mind-body therapies on their own, even【69】seeking conventional medical treatment. Stories of seemingly miraculous recoveries may grab the public's attention but the real work is being【70】quietly and out of sight. In laboratories around the world, medical researchers are exploring the mind-body connection, separating myth from reality, intuition from fact, belief from science.
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