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...studies have shown that among unrelated folks, those with migraines are four times as likely to get depression as those without migraines, while this new Dutch study shows that closely related people aren't even twice as likely to share both conditions. But Terwindt says that's the wrong comparison to make. She says her team used a much stricter definition of migraine than usual, and still found a positive association between that condition and depression, which serves to support rather than contradict previous studies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Genetic Link Between Migraines and Depression? | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...component parts of it, of course. The fact that we have made an effort to insure everybody. But we passed our plan without cutting Medicare. We didn't raise taxes. It was all self-sufficient. It was done through a free-market system where people could go in and [comparison shop] for a plan, and if they couldn't afford it, they would get a form of government subsidy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scott Brown: If Dems Push Senate Bill Through, 'They'll Pay for It Dearly' | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...comparison to the colorful Fernandez, Cobos seems drab. A soft-spoken family man who was dean of a technological university in the wine-growing province of Mendoza, Cobos became provincial governor in 2003 and then quit the Radical Party so he could run as Fernandez's No. 2. Relations between the two quickly soured. Since assuming office, Fernandez has renationalized companies that were privatized in the 1990s including airlines and public utilities, and privatized pension-fund assets worth $30 billion. She also led the country to the brink of a civilian uprising over her brash attempt to levy a hefty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina's War of Words at the Top | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...while swimming in the ocean, according to the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History, are 1 in 11.5 million. The chances of a fatal attack are 1 in 264.1 million. Both odds decrease somewhat if you are bleeding or, it turns out, peeing. By comparison, the chances of drowning during a visit to the beach are just 1 in 2 million. And the chances of being struck by lightning in any given year are 1 in 500,000, according to the National Weather Service - a risk that narrows to 1 in 6,250 over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cape Town: Why We Swim with Sharks | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

...this sun-drenched musical—which stars a multicultural cast of Yalies—a work of genius or a load of garbage? Does Harvard wither like a sad sack in comparison, or does Yale seem like it's trying way too hard? See for yourself. (You can even watch...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why You Should Choose Yale: The Musical | 1/17/2010 | See Source »

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