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...having to decipher our illegible handwriting. I would be happy if every patient could give me a digital file of everything about him; it could really save time on first visits. But we must keep in mind that there will be a cost for computerizing patient records that could prove greater than the billions that would be spent setting it up. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrong Prescription | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...hear your eyes rolling. But some claim there's actually something to the idea that humans can alter the physical world with their minds, and they offer research to prove it. Dean Radin, a senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, Calif., conducted a test in which, he says, subjects who ate Intentional Chocolate improved their mood 67% compared with people who ate regular chocolate. "If the Pope blessed water, everyone wants that water. But does it actually do something?" Radin asks. "The answer is yes, to a small extent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mind over Chocolate | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...even if accepted by the electorate, the law may prove difficult to implement, says Daniel Kettiger, a legal expert on public administration and management who has been following the Appenzell debate. The proposed legislation, he points out, would prohibit "misbehavior in public places" but would not specifically target nudity, "so its interpretation will be open-ended, because a nude hiker is not necessarily unruly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Reason to Visit Switzerland: Hiking in the Nude | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

...This isn't the first time an identical twin has proved impossible to pin down. The genetic material can thwart paternity tests if both twins claim - or deny - fathering a child. In the U.S., a jury in a rape trial in Houston deadlocked in 2005 when the DNA recovered at the crime scene matched identical twins who had kidnapped their victim together. A year earlier in Boston, a suspected rapist blamed his identical twin when confronted with the matching DNA. Although he was already serving a sentence for a rape conviction, the jury could not agree on a verdict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite DNA Evidence, Twins Charged in Heist Go Free | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...There was no other entertainment slated for that period, no Bollywood films were due for release, all TV serials were heading for a close just before IPL. People will be angry," he says. In a country where the price of onions has determined election results, messing with cricket might prove costly at the ballot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citing Security, India Moves Cricket Matches | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

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