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...office chair in her lingerie--virtually duplicate 11 pictures by the influential lensman. "Madonna is certainly a fan of [Bourdin's] work," her publicist said, adding that the singer had not yet read the claim. If Madge has to settle, perhaps she can get Britney and Kylie Minogue to cough up for their "homages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Copycat? | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...time when companies are increasingly shifting health-care costs to workers, the IRS is sweetening a tax-advantaged way for employees to pay out-of-pocket expenses. Last month the agency ruled that flexible-spending accounts, or FSAs, can be used to pay for over-the-counter drugs like cough syrup and pain relievers, in addition to long-accepted items like copayments, prescriptions and glasses. FSAs let people contribute and spend pretax dollars. Any unused money in the account at year's end reverts to the employer, but the number of spending options is growing. Most companies will change plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Save More On Drugs | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...happens to every medical student sooner or later. You get a cough that persists for a while or feel a funny pain in the stomach or notice a tiny lump under the skin. Ordinarily, you would just ignore it--but now, armed with your rapidly growing store of medical knowledge, you can't help worrying. The cough could mean just a cold, but it could also be a sign of lung cancer. A twinge might be internal bleeding. The lump is probably a lymph node--but is it bigger than it should be? Could it be Hodgkin's disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Heal a Hypochondriac | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...dinner party. But for the tens of thousands who suffer from true hypochondria, it's no joke. Hypochondriacs live in constant terror that they are dying of some awful disease, or even several awful diseases at once. Doctors can assure them that there's nothing wrong, but since the cough or the pain is real, the assurances fall on deaf ears. And because no physician or test can offer a 100% guarantee that one doesn't have cancer or multiple sclerosis or an ulcer, a hypochondriac always has fuel to feed his or her worst fears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Heal a Hypochondriac | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...game started off on the right foot for the Crimson, as senior Adam Kingston’s kickoff sailed deep into the end zone only to be run out by Northeastern returner Shawnn Gyles. It proved to be a bad decision, as Harvard senior Collin Blackburn forced Gyles to cough up the ball which Robert Balkema recovered for the Crimson...

Author: By Robert C. Boutwell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defense Storms Northeastern | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

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