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Money Isn't Everything In short, Halle has learned that throwing money at an economic meltdown isn't a cure-all. To be sure, some towns in the old GDR have done well. In the Saxon heartland, where the local economy had strong roots going back to before World War II, Dresden has turned itself into a world center for semiconductors, Leipzig has attracted automakers including BMW and Porsche, and Jena has successfully built on the reputation of its optical firm, Carl Zeiss. But for the most part, eastern Germany is still far from resembling the "blossoming landscapes" that former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Germany Got for Its $2 Trillion | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...quick action can contain it--but only if we're looking. "Tens of millions for surveillance could save us the hundreds of billions it would cost to deal with a pandemic," says Peter Daszak, president of the Wildlife Trust. "An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Prepare for a Pandemic | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...cancer has penetrated the colon wall but has not spread beyond the colon into the lymph nodes or nearby tissues. About 90% of Stage 2 patients survive five years beyond the diagnosis. In almost all cases, surgeons remove the cancer first; studies have shown that surgery alone can cure four out of five cases of Stage 2 colon cancer. But how do patients know if they are the outlying fifth case or if they are among the fortunate who will be cured by surgery? Even doctors can't always be sure whether they have removed all the cancer or some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: First Test for Colon-Cancer Recurrence | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

...Detecting the earliest signs of memory loss and dementia - the broader category of age-related conditions of mental decline, up to 80% of which are Alzheimer's - has always been a major goal of researchers. While there is no cure for Alzheimer's, the earlier patients are diagnosed, the sooner they can make lifestyle changes that may help slow the progression of the neurodegenerative disorder. But so far, no test has proven dependable enough to help patients predict their true risk; even the presence of genes known to be associated with Alzheimer's does not reliably lead to the disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warning Signs: A New Test to Predict Alzheimer's | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...years ago had Barry Bonds on the roster, how the constant scrutiny can distract a team. There will be taunting on the road. The fans will be wielding some nasty signs: Ramirez reportedly may claim that he took a banned drug called human chorionic gonadotropin to cure erectile dysfunction (the female fertility drug also happens to elevate testosterone levels, which get drained by, coincidentally, steroid use). "Manny Being Mini," one clever columnist has already written. Maybe you just want to send a message, enough is enough with these guys we can no longer trust, and cut ties with the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Dodgers Get a Refund on Manny Ramirez? | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

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