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Greetings, Chattanooga!

Recently, during an interview, a health practitioner told me that 30% of the reason any medicine works is because the patient believes it will work. Placebo is a powerful thing, ya’ll – which is why we should be choosing doctors and forms of wellness we really feel good about.

If you need help finding a new healing practice, check out my guide to alternative medicines, from A to Z. I was surprised by how many of these therapies are available to Chattanoogans – a few of them I’ve even tried myself.

– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com

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