European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes tuesday August 29, 1978 triggered by Placebo infection some people can produce own pain killers los Angeles api some people Are Able to produce their own pain kill ers natural narcotics after being Given a useless solution of sugar a Placebo medical researchers said monday. That conclusion Points toward dra Matic new directions in the study and control of pain and May account for maladies and cures often dismissed As being All in your  at the University of califor Nia san Francisco said their research shows that As Many As one third of All patients can combat pain by unconsciously ordering the brain to produce endorphin a chemical similar to mor Phine. Results of the study were to be out lined in Montreal monday during the second world Congress on . Howard Fields said in a Tele phone interview that the Experiment indicates that endorphins can explain a Long standing medical Puzzle Why patients Are frequently helped by talking a  Placebo is a solution or Pill contain ing sugar Saline or other ingredient that do absolutely nothing. Yet Fields said decades of research prove that about one4hird of All patients respond to  Placebo effect traditionally has been written of As a purely psychological reaction. Fields said the new study proves  the patient has in his body makes the Placebo work he said the pain is real. And the fact that Yon get Relief from a Placebo depends on your expectation of getting Relief. So. To that extent it May be  the pain suppression is  Fields said a better understanding of the endorphin triggering mechanism might one Day Lead to drug free treat ment for people suffering from severe Burns progressive diseases or other maladies. But at this Point we Don t know Why it works in some people and not in others Field  trick would be to teach patients How to pull the endorphin trigger them selves. We think this is Why people have such different tolerances to pain Why some people can take it a lot Longe than others Fields said. Fields said he and his co work endrs. Jon Levine and Newton Gordon conducted the Experiment with so Den Tal patients who had Teeth pulled a few hours  said about one third of their test subjects reported decreased pain after being injected with a Placebo. But the benefits of the Placebo uniformly disappeared following inject a of a substance that blocked the action morphine and related drags. The injection had no effect on those who were not helped by the Placebo be said endorphins Are the Best to a Tob for those results he said. The self produced painkillers were identified jut three Yean ago and Little is know about How or Why they Are produced. Kennedy Renews attack on Carter health proposal Boston a sen. Edward m. Ken Nedy. A mass. Speaking monday to the a Hon s governors renewed his criticism of resident Carter s National health care pop opals saying that a commitment to conditional human rights is no commit j mental  Kennedy a leading congressional Chani Dan of National health care told the open lag general session of the National cover v nors association annual convention that Ite current non system of medical care is i  kj0 remarks prepared for delivery but Kennedy deleted from his speech he had warned that if left unchecked that i Mure will become a disaster a disaster that will destroy Federal and state budgets. Seriously injure the Economy cause count tas human tragedies and in my opinion create a citizens revolt that will Pale the egr rent concern Over taxes.", in an apparent reference to Carter s proposals Kennedy said that some who espoused that right want to condition it to condition it on Many things Over which Tat health care system has no control the general state of the Economy the size of the budget deficit the presence or absence of major strikes or Oil  Kennedy reminded the governors that the Burden of providing health care for uninsured citizens Falls chiefly on state and local governments and said it is adding to their tax revolt problems. The governors association is on records recognizing the National health problem out has failed to agree on a course of action. In an opening news conference . William Milliken of Michigan chair Man of the group and Host gov. Michae Dukakis of Massachusetts agreed the governors were unlikely to produce a plan this year. 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