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Ever spent half an hour looking for your car keys? Or walked into a room only to wonder what you were looking for? Or forgotten what day of the week it is? Not to worry. Occasional memory lapses are normal and not, as you might secretly fear, an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. Still, it's sometimes difficult even for doctors to recognize where normal forgetfulness stops and more serious memory problems begin. A guidebook published last week by the American Medical Association should make the job easier...
...wildest, most hellacious bash of all time. For DICK CLARK, however, it won't be quite as rocking. Clark, the former American Bandstand host who has virtually cornered the market on TV specials, including the annual 90-min. New Year's fest, is being downsized to make room for daylong ABC News coverage of the millennial turnover, anchored by PETER JENNINGS. President Clinton is expected to address the nation near midnight, potentially bumping other programming off the airwaves. Clark--who has been host of New Year's Eve specials for the past 27 years--is still scheduled to count down...
WINTRY BLUES Gloomy about those earlier sunsets? You can cheer up a dark room or give yourself a "light bath" with Philips' new Original Bright Light ($300), which simulates natural daylight minus harmful ultraviolet rays. Used to treat seasonal affective disorder in Europe, the 2-ft.-high device can sit on your desk or hang from a wall. Philips says it "promotes a sense of well-being," but we just like its clear, sunny glow...
Still, computer technology can dramatically extend the physician's ability to treat diseases, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the operating room. Already, information from CAT scans is routinely used to reproduce detailed views of human anatomy in three dimensions. Soon engineers will perfect the tools that allow surgeons to simulate an operation realistically--down to the resistance of skin against scalpel...
...Just one hog farm in Utah, for example, produces more sewage than the city of Los Angeles. These megafarms are proliferating, and in populous areas their waste is tainting drinking water. In more pristine regions, from Indonesia to the Amazon, tropical rain forest is being burned down to make room for more and more cattle. Agriculture is the world's biggest cause of deforestation, and increasing demand for meat is the biggest force in the expansion of agriculture...