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...Studies have shown that patients who use a multidisciplinary program do better than patients who take medications only," says Dr. Pamela Palmer, medical director of the pain-management center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). "The anxiety, the depression, the hopelessness that come with chronic pain really all have to be addressed"--as do the loss of mobility, hypersensitivity to touch and other effects that can destroy the quality of life. "It's not as if you can just take an anti-inflammatory drug and all those problems go away." To pain specialists like Palmer, the hand wringing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right (and Wrong) Way to Treat Pain | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

...ultra universe has another twist: women have a physical advantage. Pamela Reed whipped Karnazes to win the 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon, a 146-mile annual jaunt through the furnace of Death Valley, Calif., that ends more than halfway up Mount Whitney and reduces many ultras to roadkill. "It isn't the power that comes into play, it's your ability to go long distance. That's where the curves get closer together," says Dr. Lewis Maharam, medical director of the New York City Marathon. Ultramarathoners eventually burn fat, and women have a higher percentage of body fat than men do, giving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Born to Run--For 300 Miles | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

...bring them.) For those to whom Mary Poppins means Julie Andrews' warm smile - almost everyone, in other words - that could be a problem. But Mackintosh, Schumacher and scriptwriter Julian Fellowes (best known for the films Gosford Park and Vanity Fair) all wanted to incorporate elements of the Mary from Pamela Travers' 1930s books - and she can be, well, a bit of a bitch. This Mary takes the children on adventures, then denies they ever happened - "her face was dark and terrible ? her very apron crackling with anger," writes Travers. Says Fellowes: "That contrast between the tough, cross nanny whom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something About Mary | 12/12/2004 | See Source »

BURT REYNOLDS sued ex-girlfriend Pamela Seals. HE SAYS she threatened to go public with false allegations of abuse if he didn't pay her. In her suit, SHE SAYS he gave her years of beating and toe stomping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Stars Allegedly Attack | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

Whose body is more inherently buoyant, SpongeBob's or Pamela Anderson's? SpongeBob's buoyancy rivals Pamela...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A David Hasselhoff | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

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