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How much of the crisis is based on hard science and how much stems from plain old hysteria--fanned by news reports and plaintiffs' lawyers--is a hotly contested issue. Mold, after all, is everywhere, from the tasty Roquefort cheese in your salad dressing to the nasty black stuff clinging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware: Toxic Mold | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

COFFEE CONFUSION In a 10-year study of more than 61,000 women, Swedish researchers concluded that coffee does not protect against colorectal cancer. (Nor does it promote the condition.) Earlier, smaller studies, which suggested that subjects who drank four or more cups a day reduced their risk by up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Jul. 2, 2001 | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

Most people who develop Lyme Disease, a tick-borne infection that's endemic in parts of the Northeast and Midwest, are easily cured by taking an antibiotic like doxycycline for a couple of weeks. But for years a debate has raged over what to do about patients whose symptoms (fatigue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Not Out Of The Woods | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

There's still plenty you can do to protect yourself in a Lyme-infested neighborhood: tuck your pants in your socks, spray DEET on your clothing, check yourself and your kids for ticks. And if you develop a spreading red rash--particularly if it's accompanied by joint pain, chills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Not Out Of The Woods | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

Which is surely true, but what's strange is that Wilchins' postmodern vision of activism seems to be working even though Washington currently feels a little premodern. When Wilchins founded GenderPAC six years ago, it was barely more than a newsletter scribbled in her New York City apartment. Now, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Community Activism: Helping Men, Women, Etc. | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

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