Word: pill
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fundamental implication seems to be that people are not responsible for what they do but are victims of their uncontrollable chemistry. What happened to willpower? To freedom of choice? Is all variation from "normal behavior" a deficiency disease to be corrected by a pill or a combination of pills? DAVID T. CARR, M.D. Richmond...
...needles and call your psychic healer--now is the time to visualize your way toward a state of perfect health and to realize that the power of suggestion still remains one of the most fundamental components of the delicate art of medicine and modern therapeutics. If you think sugar pills and saline injections are no longer in vogue, look no further than Harvard History of Science professor Anne Harrington's The Placebo Effect: An Interdisciplinary Exploration for a panoramic view of the current proliferation and efficacy of the humble sugar pill's descendents...
McCain said he would not support that amendment, often called a "poison pill" by legislators who rely on union contributions...
Despite Monday's Republican "poison pill" amendment to a campaign finance bill (TIME Daily), the Senate continues to debate the issue Tuesday (AllPolitics...
...many doctors question Deeks' results, says TIME's Christine Gorman, noting that his survey is based on an incomplete analysis of the HIV levels in the subjects. Equally important, the study doesn't take into account whether all the patients were actually following the rigorous and demanding pill-popping regimen that the chemical cocktail demands. Up to 20 pills a day must be taken at specific times, and doses must be calibrated to the individual. Since each individual responds differently to the medication, it's difficult to determine whether the drugs are in fact losing their effectiveness ? or if people...