Try using a non-magnetic bracelet as well, and see if it makes a difference. In fact, if you want to do it properly then paint both of them the same colour and get someone to give you one of them at random. Otherwise you're likely to be hitting placebo effects.

Placebo effects aren't a *bad* thing - as M Ted's doctor was smart enough to realise - but just bcos someone gets relief from their symptoms by praying to Zeus every hour, it doesn't mean you will.

Bonecruncher, as far as quoting MRI scans goes, we're talking major differences here. It's like saying that because a blowtorch will light a piece of wood on fire, you must also be able to light a piece of wood by huffing on it.

And not that I'm any kind of expert, but I was surprised to hear on the radio recently that animals are *more* susceptable to placebo effect than humans. Partly it's animals trusting that humans will look after them, and partly it's observational bias on the part of the humans doing the looking-after.

Graham.