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Identical twins are living proof that identical DNA doesn't mean identical people. My sister and I may have the same hardwiring?and a wire that connects us. We have fun with our similarities, but at the end of the day, there's no confusion about who is who. Just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Sister, My Clone | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

It's no panacea, of course. Electroshock's effects are short term, lasting weeks or months before depression can descend again. At $2,500 a treatment, it's also expensive, though insurance usually covers it. Antishock activists say it's just a cash cow for hospitals and that the response...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Sparks Over Electroshock | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

"While the staff can be blamed for some of the confusion, even his closest advisers insist that Clinton is a big part of the problem. 'A lot of it can't be laid at anyone's doorstep but his own,' said one last week. Democratic Party elders admit to being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eight Years Ago in TIME | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

The study, conducted by Dr. Mark Newman and colleagues at Duke University Medical Center, tracked 261 patients and periodically gave them standardized tests of cognitive function. Many recovered fully in the weeks after surgery, but about a third did not. In general, patients who were older, less well educated or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hearts and Minds | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

It's also possible that the surgery doesn't cause mental dysfunction so much as unmask it, in the way that a stress test can reveal an underlying heart condition. After all, if the arteries are clogged, there's a good chance that at least a few blood vessels in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hearts and Minds | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

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