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...possible to identify and monitor many conditions without seeing the doctor. Uncomplicated do-it-yourself tests can be routinely obtained without prescription in drugstores across the U.S. For diabetics, Miles Laboratories makes the $150 Glucometer, which registers blood-sugar count. A diabetic applies a drop of blood to a 50?? chemically treated strip, which is then fed into the machine. For couples hoping to have children, Tampax introduced in April a urine test that can pinpoint when a woman will be ovulating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Private Practice: Home health-test sales swell | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

About 30 million calls are expected to be made this year in California alone to special numbers that charge anywhere from 50?? to $2 per call. For the fee, people can hear horoscopes, pornographic tales, children's stories, pop music, news or stock quotes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Nov. 25, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Soda Stream. Fitted with a carbon dioxide cartridge, the shiny plastic appliance fizzes tap water into salt-free club soda. Adding flavor concentrates will make instant plain or diet cola, tonic, root beer or the popular fruit sodas. Compared with supermarket soda prices, which can soar as high as 50?? for a 12-oz. brand-name can, Soda Stream at 15¢ per bottle is a bargain. The initial investment of $39.95 buys the mechanism and other necessary accessories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tidbits | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...crossroads," admitted Subroto, Indonesia's Oil Minister and the current president of OPEC, at the start of the session. Yet the most that the ministers could agree on was minor adjustments like lowering OPEC's price for the heaviest grade of Saudi crude by a token 50?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Fading Star | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...Today faces a critical test on Aug. 26, when the price rises from 35¢ to 50??. The last increase, from 25¢ last August, resulted in a temporary drop-off of about 100,000 buyers. Another late-summer decline is expected, and the briskness of both the circulation's recovery and its growth above 1.3 million will determine whether USA Today will survive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Usa Today: Three Years Old and Counting | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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