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...calling the roulette wheel. This color-coded visual model uses a computer algorithm to help patients and their doctors assess the possible outcomes of different treatments. Take the prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer, for example. The wheel for PSA screening shows a typical patient the potential harm (incontinence, impotence, death) or benefit (no symptoms) that could result from treatment following a PSA test in which high levels of the antigen are found. Another wheel shows probable outcomes if he opts against the test. "Screening isn't all apple pie and motherhood," says project leader Dr. Jerome Hoffman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Stakes of Medicine | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...corn syrup and sugar, with 16 grams of sugar and 55 milligrams of sodium in every little pouch. "This is just another form of sugar water," Simon says. "Athletes in Florida running marathons may benefit from sports drinks, but for kids doing ordinary exercise, these sports drinks do more harm than good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Foods to Fear | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...about him. The most bizarre was a night in New York when both were stoned and ended up on a rooftop. David told me that while Wieners intoned “fire, fire” all night hitting every possible sound combination, David was standing over him threatening bodily harm; I was told this situation continued until daybreak. John, of course, continued...

Author: By Louisa Solano | Title: Plympton Street | 6/6/2006 | See Source »

...idea or an argument explored in a shared safe place where no one is stupid or shy or ashamed, you get a glimpse of the power of this habit and why social scientists say such communion acts as a kind of vaccine, protecting kids from all manner of harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Magic of the Family Meal | 6/4/2006 | See Source »

...Fortunately, most women who drink cut their consumption dramatically once they realize they are carrying, and the number of children who develop the severest alcohol-related effects is relatively small: from 0.5 to 2.0 per 1,000 live births in the U.S. But doctors still don't know what harm--if any--comes from light to moderate drinking during pregnancy, which is why they caution expectant mothers not to drink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: What Alcohol Does to a Child | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

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