Placebo - Nocebo

We are influenced by our expectations - if we think that a pill will make our better, we probably will have that result and vice versa. If you are afraid of getting sick, the higher the risk that you really will get ill.
Mindfulness can be a method to examine thoughts and worries about sickness. Thoughts are just thoughts and they don't have influence you. Let them pass as clouds do in the sky.
Here's an article in NYT about nocebo;
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/opinion/sunday/beware-the-nocebo-effect.html?_r=0

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