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David R Hamilton PhD has a first class honours degree in chemistry, specialising in biological and medicinal chemistry. After completing his PhD, he worked for 4 years in the pharmaceutical industry developing drugs for cardiovascular disease and cancer. Working in drug development exposed him to the placebo effect. Fascinated by the placebo effect he began to study mind-body interactions in his spare time. He decided to leave the pharmaceutical industry after 4 years because he wanted to write and speak about the mind, our abilities, and help people to believe in themselves more. He also wanted to write and speak about kindness and spread the idea that a small group of people with compa...