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...lynx are particularly dire. One reason for the lynx's dramatic decline is starvation - the unintended consequence of a failed ecological intervention. Since the 1950s, Europe's rabbit population - the lynx's main food source - has twice been hit by debilitating diseases. Myxomatosis decimated the rabbits after a French doctor introduced it in the 1950s to prevent the animals from eating his crops; and viral hemorrhagic pneumonia did the same in the early 1980s when it arrived from Asia, probably via shipments of contaminated meat and infected live rabbits. Not much can be done to fend off such viruses; conservationists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing Lynx | 10/20/2002 | See Source »

...period bearing down on millions of employees. Instruction packets the size of a Sunday newspaper will clog your In box at work very soon, an oppressive reminder of how much you'll never know when it comes to deductibles, referrals and reimbursables - to say nothing of why your schizo doctor switches plans every year. Many won't read further than they must, which helps explain why so few - just 12% of those given the option - enroll in flexible-spending accounts (FSAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inflexible-Spending Accounts | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

...lengthy list of distinctions includes a Rhodes Scholarship and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, presented to Hammond by former University President Neil L. Rudenstine...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former House Master Dies at 99 | 10/16/2002 | See Source »

California law provides that patients treated in Mexico through hmos licensed to operate in California have the same rights as those receiving care in California. This includes the right to an independent medical review and the ability to sue the insurance company. (Suing a Mexican doctor is more complicated, however, because it must be done under Mexican law). "It will certainly be interesting to see the litigation that comes out of this," says neurologist Grisolia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEALTH INSURANCE: Doctors Without Borders | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Still, he concedes, if you're in a high-risk group and you know how to do them right, regular, thorough breast self-exams may be worth doing. In any event, if you discover a lump, be sure to tell your doctor immediately. --By Christine Gorman

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Breast Self-Exams Work? | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

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