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It's the kind of surgery you would never expect most people with emphysema--a degenerative, often smoking-related condition of the lungs--to agree to undergo. Called lung-volume reduction, the operation is designed to decrease the capacity of the lungs in an attempt to improve their overall efficiency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Smokers' Second Wind? | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

After age 40, adults lose a quarter to a third of a pound of muscle a year and gain that much body fat, a condition known as sarcopenia. "You get that typical, pudgy 'old-person look,'" says Nelson, "and eventually you become so weak, you can't walk up stairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Catch-Up Fitness | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

Ron Kimball is also working for less pay. Two years ago, he was a computer-sales executive earning $130,000 a year. He leased two shining cars, ate out often and took expensive vacations with his wife. When the small computer-services company he worked for in Raleigh, N.C., went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Did My Raise Go? | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

CONFIRMED. POPE JOHN PAUL II, 83, suffers from Parkinson's disease, according to a senior Vatican official. It was the first official acknowledgement of the Pope's disease, although doctors, noting his slurred speech and trembling hands, had guessed his condition for years.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 26, 2003 | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

--SAFEWAY.COM The prices match the Safeway stores' (you can even use your club card), and regular shoppers of this chain will find the site comfortingly familiar. Fragile items like eggs and fruit arrived in perfect condition, and the store made sensible substitutions for out-of-stock items. Deliveries are scheduled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Internet: What's For Dinner? | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

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