Thinking that the high fatality rate was either due to the machines or to the debilitated condition of the patient’s cardiac muscle, C. Walton Lillehei forged ahead with a radical new approach, which he called cross-circulation. Using a compatible parent instead of a machine as a “temporary...
Blue Cross of California has been serving the health care needs of Californians since 1937. Blue Cross of California, together with its branded affiliates, provides health care services to more than 6.8 million members. Offering a full continuum of product and coverage options, Blue Cross provides...
One fine summer day, we were feeling a little tired and dull. We jumped into our friend Jeff’s red Chevy Lumina and he drove a group of us to Lake Michigan. At the state park entrance booth, Sara pretended to give an order for McDonald’s, as if we were at the drive-thru. Beca...
On the Tuesday after the holiday, I returned to work – mind you, it is a crazy busy time for my desk and there were things that had to be done. But when I got to work, I started to cry — I shouldn’t have driven, I was having a hard time seeing, my body was numb, I st...
阅读理解 There was a Nebraska farmer who grew award-winning corn.Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon - One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.The rep
On one hand, most people who tumble into poverty during a 10-year period are short-timers, according to researchers at the University of Michigan. By age, sex and race, they reflect the population as a whole. Two-thirds stay poor less than three years. No children Joanne Harper, for one...