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...X-ray of an ankle with a torn Achilles tendon will generally be normal, but simply examining the patient makes the diagnosis quite easy. Instead of the stout tendon, you feel mush with a hole or divot at the spot where it's torn. It's easy to compare with the other ankle. And there's a great test we do by squeezing the calf and watching the ankle move; on the good side, it wiggles up and down when we squeeze. On the torn side, there's no motion at all. Yes, there is an occasional partial tear that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fixing Health Care: When Patients Don't Know Best | 6/5/2009 | See Source »

...stand-up unit. Listen, doc, I know you've treated this before but ..." So I just put up the films and showed him the tear. I could have been showing him a plate of scrambled eggs, but he was happy and we booked his case. (See pictures from an X-Ray studio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fixing Health Care: When Patients Don't Know Best | 6/5/2009 | See Source »

...pictures from an X-Ray studio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much Do Life Insurers Profit from Tobacco? | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

...refer to the nocturnal fetishes of Messier, who starred on that team. Former Oiler owner Peter Pocklington tried to sneak his father, Basil, onto the roster. The Cup Cops eventually caught onto the ruse, and since you can't use Wite-Out on silver, they used the X's to cross out Papa Pocklington's name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stanley Cup | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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