Power from a placebo?

• Position: Increasing use of titanium jewelry - Brief Article

An increasing number of pro ballplayers and their fans have begun wearing jewelry embedded with titanium for its supposed energy-boosting properties. Phiten, the Japanese company that makes the jewelry, claims that it enhances the body's "energy-management system, increasing the capacity of every cell." Although there is no scientific evidence supporting this claim, some experts say the jewelry may have a placebo effect: If someone strongly believes a particular "cure" works, it often does...