Miracle, coincidence or misunderstood mechanism? Diving into unexplained healings – Le Figaro

By Anne Prigent Posted 3 hours ago, Updated 3 hours ago Disabled and sick pilgrims in Lourdes, 1948. www.bridgemanimages.com/Bridgeman Images DECRYPTION – Immunity, placebo effect or lifestyle could be at the origin of these mysteries that medicine does not understand. “For fifteen years, I followed a patient with a frontal glioblastoma, one of the malignant tumors with the most aggressive expansion, resistant to treatment and whose evolution is very quickly fatal. (…) However, the tumor has stopped growing. Overnight, without anyone being able to provide a rational explanation, ”says Antoine Sénanque, writer and neurologist, author of Le Cerveau disappointed me a lot. The mind, no (Éditions Trédaniel La Maisnie). Cases of spontaneous healing of serious illnesses, such as that reported by the neurologist, remain extremely rare. In 1993, a bibliographical review listing all the published cases retained the figure of 1,574 cases of spontaneous remission between 1864 and 1992, of which more than 70% concerned cancers. “These published cases are only the tip of the iceberg (…). How many cases have never been published in medical journals, self-censored by the fear of ridicule?” asks Dr. Jeffrey Rediger, teacher… This article is for subscribers only. You have 84% left to discover. Pushing back the limits of science is also freedom. Continue reading your article for €0.99 for the first month Already a subscriber? Login