Word: alerted
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...between sleepiness and stroke was dose-dependent: the sleepier the person, the higher the risk of stroke. People in the "some dozing" group, who sometimes, but not always, fell asleep while watching TV or while sitting quietly after lunch, had a 2.6 higher risk of stroke than their more alert peers...
...voices, and warns that acknowledging them intensifies hallucinations. But according to Dr. Marius Romme, a psychiatrist and former professor at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, "Accepting voices is the one precondition to start the process of recovery." He argues that the mind uses this internal chatter to alert people to unresolved trauma: studies by Romme and others estimate that 50% of cases have experienced some form of abuse, and their voices tend to take on characteristics of their tormentors. "The road to recovery," says Romme, "involves getting a better view of that relationship...
...with cash from selling unwanted units, Philips has splashed more than $7 billion on lighting and health-care companies, from Genlyte, a U.S. commercial lighting-fixtures firm it bought in November for $2.7 billion--the biggest buy it ever completed--to Lifeline, a Massachusetts-based provider of home medical-alert systems...
Brian J. Crum, a spokesman for Omnilert, the company that provides Harvard’s emergency text messaging service, said Omnilert would announce in the coming month new communication additions that will make it easier for people both on and off campus to receive an alert from the University...
...prevent future tragedies like this one? In NIU’s time of mourning and questioning, our thoughts are with the university and the families and friends of those killed or wounded in the massacre. Reassured by the Harvard’s opt-in emergency text-message alert system and the presence of Harvard police, it is easy to forget that every campus—including our own—is vulnerable to attack. Kazmierczak’s rampage was not a result of failing campus security at NIU. On the contrary, officers responded immediately to a call of shots...