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...that it had identified an enzyme, presenilin, that controls the production of a protein believed to be responsible for causing Alzheimer?s disease. Some 4 million Americans suffer from the debilitating memory loss. ?This is encouraging news for those afflicted with the devastating disease,? says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, ?but Alzheimer?s is still far from being conquered.? As with so many other medical discoveries, doctors and patients need to remain cautious. ?The report is significant from a research point of view,? says Gorman, ?but it needs to be verified with further testing. For the moment...
...first-degree murder for not just helping someone take his life, as has been the case in the past, but actually killing the patient by personally administering a lethal injection? How sad that this crucially important issue should be forced ?by a cowboy,? says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman...
...this case deserve a more reasoned airing than that which will be provided by the flamboyant Kevorkian, who obtained judicial permission to represent himself on Monday. ?There is a strange glee about the way Kevorkian conducts his business, which makes it more difficult to talk about assisted suicide,? says Gorman. ?There are no checks and balances on him.? Kevorkian?s all-or-nothing approach glosses over many issues. A very important one is pain. ?It turns out,? says Gorman, ?that many terminally ill patients will not consider the option of death if their pain can be treated adequately.? Another important...
...pass is as American as apple pie. The researchers report that sexual dysfunction, ranging from lack of interest in sex to the inability to have an orgasm, afflicts 43 percent of women and 31 percent of men. "The results of this study are surprising," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, "because there have been a number of studies of married people, for example, that indicate that there is more sex, and more pleasure in sex, than might have been expected." This study, however, highlights the often glossed-over fact that there is much more to sex and love than just...
...basic message of the study is simple, says Gorman: "Do not divorce the sex from the relationship." Yes, it is true that some sexual problems are medical. "Men with diabetes, for instance, are more likely to be impotent because of circulation problems," she says. But broader issues in a relationship can have an equally devastating impact on a person's sexual functioning. It is interesting to note, says Gorman, that Viagra ads (two of the authors of this paper worked on the development of Viagra) have focused their pitch on how the product helps nurture a relationship...