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Other childhood friends she hadn't seen in decades contacted her online to share memories and kind words. "It made me realize how well they knew my family," she said. "In a strange way, it made me feel more connected to the people I'd lost." And, she adds, "if it weren't for Facebook, they never would have found me." (See the top 10 Facebook stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grieving on Facebook: How the Site Helps People | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

Facebook helped my mom get through the holidays this year. She needed support from everyone who knew and loved the family members she'd lost in rapid succession. She told me that it's easier for her to open up and express her grief in a Facebook message and that many of these messages led to phone calls and even in-person meetings. Nothing will take away the sadness of losing her parents and brother, but speaking to friends and connecting with others who are grieving is helping my mom realize she isn't alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grieving on Facebook: How the Site Helps People | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

Your focus is on checklists in surgery. Can checklists help a doctor working alone? I had a patient just the week before Christmas who had a tumor found in his abdomen. It was on multiple spinal X-rays he'd had, but they were just looking at the spine and they forgot to check the other images. It's a kind of basic mistake radiologists can make. But if you have a checklist, you make sure you've looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atul Gawande: How to Make Doctors Better | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

There are plenty of reasons for Welmoed Sisson to lose weight. She'd feel better, be healthier and fit into that skirt she wore 20 years ago before she became obese. She knows all this, and yet there may be only one incentive powerful enough to get the 49-year-old resident of Gaithersburg, Md., to pass on the delicious steaks her husband cooks. The motivator? Cold, hard cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Weight-Loss Plan: Getting Paid to Shed Pounds | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

...Sure, I'd like to look and feel better," Sisson says, "but it is so subjective. Money is a better motivator because it is tangible. You can hold it in your hand." (Watch TIME's video about exercising with a hula hoop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Weight-Loss Plan: Getting Paid to Shed Pounds | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

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