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...study, which was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and lasted from 2003 to 2005, involved 605 veterans - most of whom were white men with an average age of 64, who had chest or abdominal surgery. All patients received routine postoperative care. Two experimental groups, however, received additional individual attention from a massage therapist: One group got a 20-minute visit, during which the patient and the therapist talked but no massage was given, and another group received a 20-minute back massage for up to five days following their operations. The massage group, the study found, reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Post-Op Rx: Get a Massage | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

After winning the Dead River Company Classic in Maine last weekend, the Harvard women’s basketball team (4-3) hoped to take that momentum into this weekend’s Fifth Third MU Classic in Huntington, W. Va. The two straight weekends spent on the road took its toll on the Crimson as it dropped its opener against Pittsburgh (5-2), 70-54. But Harvard was able to bounce back by securing a 69-66 win over Jackson State (3-5) in the consolation game of the tournament. HARVARD 69, JACKSON STATE 66 After a disappointing effort Friday...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Splits at Tourney | 12/2/2007 | See Source »

...write romantic suspense novels under the pen name J.D. Robb. Why? Do you get a secret thrill out of it? -Clint Hues, Quinton, VA It's marketing. I write very quickly, and publishers can't publish just me-they want other authors too. So I agreed to try it if I could do something different. These books are edgier and much different from what I do under my own name, so putting it under a pseudonym helps brand it for the reader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Nora Roberts | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...turn. I have nothing against Clinton except her name. Alternating the presidency between two political dynasties seems fundamentally undemocratic. There is a full slate of highly capable candidates with names other than Clinton who are vying for the Democratic nomination. I hope one of them wins. Craig Cranston, WILLIAMSBURG, VA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And the Best Invention Is ... ? | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

...turn. I have nothing against Clinton except her name. Alternating the presidency between two political dynasties seems fundamentally undemocratic. There is a full slate of highly capable candidates with names other than Clinton who are vying for the Democratic nomination. I hope one of them wins. Craig Cranston, Williamsburg, Va...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

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