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...HEARTBURN A new blood test--coupled with an electrocardiogram--helps doctors quickly assess whether a patient with chest pains is really having a heart attack. The test measures troponin, a protein released by damaged heart muscle...
...danger. As preemies, and especially as multiple preemies, they'll continue to run a higher risk of developmental problems. Shaw explains that the parents will be encouraged to put the babies through screenings at four months, nine months, 18 months and 30 months to assess their motor and cognitive development. Ideally, every stage--from when they sit up to when they crawl, walk and talk--should be scrutinized by experts. It may be years before their full physical and mental potential is known for sure...
...sort through the controversy and assess the quality of that research, the National Institutes of Health last week assembled a panel of experts in a scientific court known officially as a consensus conference. After three days of analyzing studies and interrogating practitioners, the panel was unexpectedly upbeat. "It's time to take acupuncture seriously," said its chairman, David Ramsay, president of the University of Maryland. "There are a number of situations where it really does work...
Within 30 minutes, all three men were back in the main module. With Spektr sealed and the station repressurized, they had time to assess just how much ship they had left. It did not look like much. Mir had lost all the power that once flowed from the Spektr's solar panels. Worse, the other panels on the ship were also out of commission. The collision had knocked the station into a slow roll, tipping its huge, energy-producing wings out of alignment with the sun. Unless the ship got realigned, it couldn't produce power. And unless the ship...
...however, the quality of standards varies widely: some are so vague that they can hardly be considered standards at all, while others are highly specific. The accompanying map shows which states so far, in the view of the AFT, have written strong standards and which have not. Most states assess their students' achievements with tests, but using the results to actually improve quality is often difficult. Only a few states impose sanctions on underperforming schools and students. One place accountability has been established is Virginia, where last month Governor George Allen announced that any school with a pass rate...