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Medication without proper treatment is another form of institutionalizing our children. In a society that demands fast results, we prescribe a pill for every psychological disorder. This only masks the symptoms, however, without dealing with the root causes of a disorder, and it fails to teach children how to cope effectively. Freely prescribing drugs is detrimental not only to children's futures but also to our society. GRACE KONG New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 24, 2003 | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...employees to buy prescription drugs from Canada. City workers fax or mail their prescriptions to a company in Canada; the prescriptions are filled there, and the drugs are mailed to the patients' homes. The workers get a reduced copay, and the city saves 20% to 80% on each pill. In just four months, Springfield Meds, as the program is known, has saved the town about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drug Costs: The Canadian Cure | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...cigarette is also a pill that relieves stress. On a flight from St. Martin to New York a few years ago, the captain announced that smoking was permitted in the last four rows of the plane. Some of the smokers, who had psyched themselves into a few hours without a cigarette, now realized they might light up if only they were in the right seats. A frantic bidding war arose for those seats, stoking a commotion that the captain finally quelled by rescinding his order and declaring this a nonsmoking flight. If Klein had been captain, you could've smoked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: The Great American Smoke | 11/22/2003 | See Source »

...years, women on birth control who didn't want to worry about menstruating while on vacation or while participating in sports have been skipping their period by starting their next 28-day supply of pills one week early. But women can regularly skip three periods in a row with Seasonale, a 91-day pill pack with 84 active tablets followed by seven inactive pills. More than 40 years since the original Pill went on sale, we'd say it's about time. INVENTOR Barr Laboratories AVAILABILITY Now, $1 per pill (or less with insurance) TO LEARN MORE www.barrlabs.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: For Your Health | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Viagra's famous little blue pill is getting some serious competition in Europe from a newcomer called Cialis. Nicknamed "Le Weekender" in France, Cialis helps men with erectile dysfunction have sex up to 36 hours after swallowing it. Viagra, on the other hand, lasts only about four hours. Other advantages: men can take Cialis even on a full stomach, then start getting that loving feeling in just half an hour--vs. up to an hour with Viagra. INVENTOR Lilly ICOS LLC AVAILABILITY Pending FDA approval in the U.S. TO LEARN MORE lilly.co.uk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: For Your Health | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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