Expectation

How Do Placebos Relieve Pain?

Wray Herbert | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Executive Function, Distraction, Placebo, Cognitive Neuroscience, Expectation, Cognitive Therapy, Placebo Drugs, Placebo Effect, Placebo Pain Relief, Science News
Wray Herbert

Scientists and doctors have been studying placebos for more than half a century. These inert "sugar pills" remain highly controversial, yet they are widely used in clinical treatment today -- especially in the area of pain management.

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Advent: What's In The Box?

Christian Piatt | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: John Mayer, Soundgarden, Advent, Jesus, Christmas, Chris Cornell, Christianity, Waiting, Body of Christ, Christ, Messiah, A Christmas Story, Expectation, Religion News
Christian Piatt

Never mind it's based entirely on fantasy. But the pleasure of anticipation must outweigh the disappointment of reality, or else we wouldn't keep doing it, right?

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Great Expectations: Things Don't Always Turn Out as Planned

Beth Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radar, Marriage, Expectations, Divorce, Drink, Expectation, Divorce News
Beth Jones

A long-divorced friend was at a dinner party recently and she raised her glass to congratulate a woman who'd been separated for a month.

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PBS's 'This Emotional Life': The Power Of Expectations

Sara Kenney | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Expecting, The Balanced Life, Expectations, High Expectations, Low Expectations, No Expectations, Expect, Expectation, Healthy Living News
Sara Kenney

Here's the good and bad news: research shows that we tend both to overestimate how much we're going to enjoy something AND how awful something is going to be. Why is that?

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Doctor-Writers: What Are the Ethics?

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hipaa, Confidentiality, Trust, Professionalism, Writing, Trepidation, Literary Phenomenon, Patient, Morals, Emotional Reactions, Fascination and Fear, Intricacies, Veritable Epidemic, Rule of Thumb, Trafficking, Awe, Pedestal, Ethics, Literary Genre, Nonfiction, Libel, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Doctor, Starters, Country of Origin, Medicine, Expectation, Medical Profession, New York News
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

There is a veritable epidemic of doctor-writers out there. What is going on? Are doctors suddenly in the kiss-and-tell mode? What about confidentiality? Professionalism? HIPAA?

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