Feeling better, getting better?.

A series in which Dr. Rob Buckman travels the world to examine alternative therapies, seeking the reasons for the great surge of interest over recent years in alternative medicine. "Part 3: Feeling Better, Getting Better?" Are they the same thing? This episode concentrates on cancer care and on the placebo effect in pain relief. Conventional cancer specialists discuss cases of tumour regression following alternative treatments. Pain relief in migraine was the subject of a double blind study at the Charing Cross Hospital, London, comparing the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies with that of a placebo. The placebo had the greatest effect.