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That the effect of bogus treatments is real has long been known, but the mechanism behind them is still largely a scientific mystery. The standard explanation is that we are just fooling ourselves. In Latin, placebo means "I shall please," which suggests that the placebo effect is just a fleeting mind trick - that the mere suggestion of pharmacologically induced pain relief humors the body into temporary recovery. In trials, every drug response is in fact assumed to be at least partially due to the placebo effect. But the confounding thing about the benefits of the placebo is that the effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flip Side of Placebos: The Nocebo Effect | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...person does not comply with the order . . . an officer authorized to serve criminal process may arrest without a warrant any person whom the officer has probable cause to believe has violated such an order and shall use reasonable diligence to enforce such order...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble | Title: Mass. Government Goes Militant | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...same time, it’s important to acknowledge that many projects have been completely successful and transformative.”The symposium concluded on an uplifting note with a photo slide show of past projects, played to the song “I Shall Believe” by Sheryl Crow.Audience members, many of whom traveled from countries including Haiti, Rwanda, Peru, and Russia, said they felt inspired by the speakers and the stories.“I was so involved with numbers and Excel that I had little time to do home visits,” said Odile Nzirabatinya...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Partners in Health Gather for Symposium | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...removal of the cross brings up the Establishment Clause, that long-debated line separating church and state that takes its name from the First Amendment (which begins, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"). This case has been in the court system since early 2000, before Congress's involvement. The National Park Service's attempt to transfer the land to the VFW, per the 2003 congressional order, has been viewed by the lower courts as an illegal way of circumventing repeated rulings compelling it to remove the cross. (Once the land is considered private property, the Establishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Term | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...year-old ban on handgun sales within the city limits. Originally designed to curb violence in the city, the ban has long irked Second Amendment advocates, who take an expansive view of the amendment's wording that the "right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." But the Supreme Court had long held that the Second Amendment pertained only to federal laws, until a 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller struck down a ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. The ruling marked the first time the Supreme Court acknowledged an individual right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Term | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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