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February 8, 1999 Issue
"With my family history, these breasts were not thought of as sex objects. They were the things that could end my life." GROUND RULES: Not everything in every issue appears on our website. If it is available online, the article title appears below as acolored, underlined "hot link," which you can click on to read the full text; ifthe article title below is black, the full text of the article is notavailable online. For more information on getting copies or reprints of articlesthat aren't on our web site, call New York Magazine's Information ServicesDepartment at 212-508-0755.
--A woman who had a preemptive mastectomy, from "Women's Health"
| FEATURES Women's Health: Truths and Consequences Craig Horowitz tells the harrowing story of women who are choosing genetic testing -- and preemptive mastectomies -- to beat breast cancer. Susan Brenna explores controversial gender-based research initiatives that promise breakthroughs for women. She also reveals the glaring lapse in medical care for teenage girls: Just when they start doing risky things, they stop talking to their parents, and doctors too. Finally, James Surowiecki examines the expanding women's-health-care stock market. Out of Fashion Last month, former Fashion Cafe frontman Tommaso Buti -- lately separated from Czech supermodel Daniela Pestova -- paid the Cafe $350,000, eluding $10 million in lawsuits. Now he and Donald Trump are launching an upstart modeling agency. Can Buti talk his way into another million-dollar, babe-magnet business? GOTHAM DEPARTMENTS CBS wins its big football bet Media Virtual trial: even in the press gallery, everyone's tuned to CNN | Restaurants BY HAL RUBENSTEIN Surprise comfort food -- foie gras– stuffed guinea hens -- at the Tonic MARKETPLACE Music with a bounce; keeping your edges Smart City Don't leave home: food, facials, even phys ed at your door Sales & Bargains Pro shop: custom kitchens, the best barware, odd ottomans THE ARTS Rosie Perez and Sharon Stone get dumbed-down Theater High Life, filled with expertly portrayed lowlifes, offers a lesson | Art BY MARK STEVENS The shimmer of inner life in Julia Margaret Cameron's portraits Classical Music Why bring Werther down? Dance Toronto Dance Theatre's competent, Canadian choreography Television Slick nostalgia from The '60s CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |