Together, the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves make up a complex infor- mation-processing and control system that is called the central nervous system (CNS). To look inside the brain and the way it works and to understand how it func- tions is the dream of many researchers and ...
We're linked to a network of military and civilian satellites and ground stations. We could run the country or run a war from there if we had to. KORSHUNOV This is a remarkable aircraft. MITCHELL You don't know the half of it. Did you know this entire plane is shielded from radiatio...
The virus is a "reassortant" -- a mix of genes from swine, bird, and human flu viruses. Scientists are still arguing about what the virus should be called, but most people know it as the H1N1 swine flu virus. The swine flu viruses that usually spread among pigs aren't the same as ...
It’s calledmass timber, and there are some gorgeous examples: It would be a nice contrast/offset to the concrete and cranes of the port. Visually speaking, this section of downtown is drab, frantic, ugly, and uninviting, and that’s putting it mildly: ...
never mentioned to me that it may not just be the high IOP that is bad, but also having low blood pressure and having a large diurnal IOP fluctuation (normal is 3, over 4 is a red flag, and mine is over 18), never mentioned that there is a surgery called Trabectome that is low...
We ought also to remember that there were people with existing medical challenges whose routine and regular appointments were cancelled as non-urgent in the name of the so-called Covid emergency – and whose conditions worsened over the period. (There is justification for sequestering the elderly ...
Back in the 1600s Charles De Lorme, a doctor who was taking care of the health of European royals, including King Louis XIII and Gaston d’Orléans, son of Marie de Médici, created the first mask and hazmat suit. He and other so-called plague-doctors at the time were wearing an unusu...
Gregory's imperiousness was made palatable by his lovely wife, Inge, like Doris a teacher, who recruited Doris into the organization. Unlike many, the old maestro and I got along very well. I never told him how much he resembled by late father. Any artsy outfit is loaded with prima ...
After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William Atherton) for Tokyo puts out a call to an agent (Steven Seagal) that had been raised in Japan and trained by ex-Yakuza. Using his former ties, he quickly determines that a war is brewing between...
A tablet is a solid form of medication, often round or oval, while a capsule consists of medication encased in a soluble container, usually gelatin.