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...Hilary and Ginny drive to another Comfort Zone Camp, where the topic of the day is the anniversary. The parents and the children divide into separate groups, but the feeling is the same in both rooms: we will not hang our grief on any timetable. The mothers spend a portion of the afternoon discussing wedding rings. About half, including Ginny, still have theirs on; a handful now also wear their husband's wedding band. The children worry about having to watch the towers fall during the television coverage of the anniversary. Hilary shares her anxiety with the group: "When people...
...choose to receive donated tissue? If there is no postoperative infection, a patient's recovery time can be much faster than if a graft is taken from his or her own body. A surgeon can more easily, and less invasively, replace knee ligaments with cadaver tissue than with a portion of a patient's own hamstring or tendon. Of course, the risk of infection can never be eliminated in any operation. But it can be managed. Ultimately, patients must weigh the risks of an implant against the benefits. It's like driving a car, says Dr. Rick Hammesfahr, an orthopedic...
...agree - that the House G.O.P. plan, which relies on private insurance companies to provide coverage, is unworkable. No such scheme exists on the private market, and insurers say that's because they simply can't offer it at an affordable price. To save money, the Republicans would cover a portion of drug costs up to $2,000 but beyond that would leave retirees on their own to pay for drugs until their costs...
...agree--that the House G.O.P. plan, which relies on private insurance companies to provide coverage, is unworkable. No such scheme exists on the private market, and insurers say that's because they simply can't offer it at an affordable price. To save money, the Republicans would cover a portion of drug costs up to $2,000 but beyond that would leave retirees on their own to pay for drugs until their costs...
...Investing internationally has paid off this year because the dollar has gone down so much that international funds are down 7% or 8%, compared with other funds that are down 20% or 25%. TIME: What's the best way to get some international exposure? How much of the stock portion of your portfolio should be in international equities and, within that, how much in emerging and developed markets...