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...render fatal." It is true that advocates are seizing an opportunity, at long last, to publicize the plight of France's elderly. But it is also true that this problem deserves a response that lasts longer than the summer heat. Other European countries are also struggling to get a fix on their death tolls - Portugal has announced that 1,300 have died, while Italy does not yet have a national total and Spain has reported at least 100 deaths. Though these numbers will likely rise, France is in a league of its own. "Our older population suffered incomparably higher fatalities...
...have a doctor but feel the relationship isn't working, you can try to fix it, notes Lipkin, who is a principal investigator in a three-school project, funded by the Josiah Macy Foundation, to teach communication skills to medical students. It's a good idea to try to correct problems and misunderstandings as they arise. But if the frustration persists, the best medicine is to leave and find another doctor, Lipkin says. People often say they are unable to switch because they live in a small, one-doctor town. But for most Americans, that should no longer...
...someone please tell me which country I'm living in? Last week I sat down and watched a popular new television phenomenon. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy turned out to be a hilarious reality show in which five New York City homosexuals fix a hapless straight guy's home, hair, clothes and culture in order to win the heart of his female love interest. Here was a wonderful example of straight men and gay men communicating, laughing and getting along. And the gay guys were all about affirming the straight guy's relationship. At one point, the straight...
...soldiers who were killed in the 1993 mission to stabilize Somalia. General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a congressional hearing last week that Liberia "is not a pretty situation, and it's not going to give way to any instant fix...
...realized that if she was ever going to work in TV again, she was going to have to shed her bad-boss rep and learn to be (gulp) nice. "I couldn't get a job because of it," she says. "Whether justified or unjustified, I knew I gotta fix...