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...high enough doses, Demerol can slow respiration almost to the point of suffocation, which can lead to sudden death by depriving the heart of oxygen, according to Dr. Douglas Zipes, a cardiologist at Indiana University and past president of the American College of Cardiology. Demerol can also cause a sudden stoppage of the heart in patients who are dehydrated. The drug causes blood vessels to dilate, or expand, and dehydration would impede this stretching, leading to a dangerous drop in blood pressure and blackout, which can cause sudden death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Drugs Kill Michael Jackson? | 6/27/2009 | See Source »

Even viewed from Earth, the 310-mile-diameter moon appears bright white, almost as if covered in ice or snow; when the Voyager 1 spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 1981, it confirmed that long-distance impression. More intriguing was the way Enceladus behaved. Embedded inside Saturn's E ring - the outermost of the eight bands that make up the ring system - Enceladus seemed to orbit with a thick clump of ring matter trailing behind it, almost as if it were dragging the material in its gravitational wake. What astronomers suspected instead - and what Voyager confirmed - was that Enceladus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Salty Waters of Saturn's Moon Hint at Life | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

...flatly denied recent rumors that administrators are considering changing Lamont Library's hours or limiting its accessibility to certain houses as part of HCL's budget cuts.Brainard has come to represent the sole public voice of HCL, with staffers approached by The Crimson in person or over the phone almost unfailingly adhering to the HCL-wide policy of referring any media communications to her. Employees declined to share their personal feelings on the recent cuts as well, and one staffer in Lamont, when prodded by the Crimson for thoughts on the layoffs, quipped that "we're not allowed to have...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Libraries Cuts Jobs, Hours | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

...seaboard. The trail fell into disrepair in the 1940s as manpower and resources were drained by World War II, although after the war its supporters banded together to restore it by 1951. The Federal Government named the A.T. a National Scenic Trail in 1968, and today the full length - almost all on public land - is maintained by a network of nonprofit groups and protected by the National Park Service. (Read "Mark Sanford: No Longer Missing. Will He Be Missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Appalachian Trail | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

Walters, Barbara • breasts of are almost flashed to airport employees by after lack of T shirt or bra is forgotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 6/26/2009 | See Source »

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