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...clinical-trial participants have reported a wide variety of nocebo-fueled medical complaints, including burning sensations outside the stomach, sleepiness, fatigue, vomiting, weakness and even taste disturbances, tinnitus and upper-respiratory-tract infection. What's more, these nocebo complaints aren't random; they tend to be specific to the type of drug that patients believe they may be taking. (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
...Maybe it's the bow tie, his Alabama drawl or his professorial demeanor, but when Jim Rogers speaks, even those who disagree quietly rethink their positions. People who challenge him are playfully mocked. Responding to one young business type in the crowd who questioned his thesis, Rogers advised him to "head down to Texas A&M and offer to trade in your M.B.A. for one of their agricultural degrees." Become a farmer, he advised the guy: "You'll make out better than you will with your M.B.A." The man tried to respond but was drowned out by laughter...
Duke thinks it was the years of regular tanning that caused her melanoma, and the vast majority of scientific literature supports her theory. Exposure to ultraviolet light, whether from the sun or a tanning bed, increases the risk of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, and teenagers - especially pale-skinned redheads like Duke - are considered among the most vulnerable. In July the cancer-research wing of the World Health Organization (WHO) added tanning beds and sunlamps to its list of human-cancer-causing agents. "The risk of cutaneous melanoma is increased by 75% when use of tanning devices starts...
During either type of declared emergency, a local public health authority . . . may exercise authority...
...will allow the two countries to prepare the groundwork for a much-anticipated "comprehensive partnership" that could be announced while he is here. A resumption of the Peace Corps is expected to be announced, along with other promises of financial aid. "This is going to be a new type of relationship and will have some meaning like 'Most Favored Nation' would in terms of trade," says Arian Ardie, a member of the American Chamber of Commerce. "I also think it is great that he wants to spend more time here and introduce his family to a place that helped shape...