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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How the mind tricks the body into becoming sick

    One neurologist's patients suffer epileptic seizures, are blind or can’t walk. They don't actually have an underlying physiological disease, so how does she treat them?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 19, 2017 • 1 min read

    One neurologist's patients suffer epileptic seizures, are blind or can’t walk. They don't actually have an underlying physiological disease, so how does she treat them?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Suzanne O'Sullivan

      Neurologist, Author “Is It All In Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness”

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    4 of 5
    Can California's environmental regulations withstand Trump?
    1. 0:00Could California lose its greenhouse gas emissions waiver?
    2. 8:18Environmental regulations and the car industry
    3. 18:39California's climate forces farmers to reconsider where and what they grow
    4. 27:02How the mind tricks the body into becoming sickYou’re reading this
    5. 41:15Protecting your digital privacy during political protests
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