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...about the money the rich artist could pump into the hospital. (On Rickman's arrival, a nurse mentions the need to perform a "wallet biopsy" to see how he's equipped to pay for his care.) The staff includes eccentric brain surgeon Dr. Hook (Andrew McCarthy) and pompous chief neurologist Dr. Stegman (Bruce Davison). Among the patients is a psychic (Diane Ladd), who, like Rickman, is picking up weird vibes in the halls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Managed Health Scare | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...Weisses are one such family, which is why Brenda Goldfine, 64, Helen's daughter and Anne's niece, was in Dr. Richard Mayeux's office two weeks ago. The Columbia University neurologist, executive coordinator of the NIA's Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Initiative, quizzed her about her family history. Then he asked whether she had noticed any problems with memory. "I'm not the girl I used to be, that's for certain," she said. "It isn't terrible, but I think I make more mistakes than I used to." She got the day and month wrong when Mayeux asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alzheimer's In The Family | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...likely to have the time or training necessary for the extensive evaluations needed before drugs can be properly prescribed--much less the required follow-up visits. "There's no way you can screen for side effects in a 10-year-old in five minutes," says Miami neurologist Sara Dorison. "You have to chat about their summer, their friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicating Young Minds | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...notion that Terri could recover with therapy. The Florida court agreed with him last year after three of five doctors who examined Terri found her to be in a vegetative state. Only the two doctors chosen by the Schindlers disagreed. "She is in a classic permanent vegetative state," says neurologist Ronald Cranford, an expert on the condition at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Cranford examined Terri and was a witness for Michael's side of the case. "There is no chance for reversibility and no chance for treatment," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Twilight Zone Of Consciousness | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

Studies of the meditating brain got much more sophisticated after brain imaging was discovered. Or maybe not. In 1997 University of Pennsylvania neurologist Andrew Newberg hooked up a group of Buddhist meditators to IVs containing a radioactive dye that he hoped would track blood flow in the brain, lighting up the parts that were the most active. But the only way for Newberg to freeze-frame the exact moment when they reached their meditative peak was to sit in the next room, tie a string around his finger and snake the other end under the door and leave it next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Say Om | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

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