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...really do. You have so many adjustments to deal with both academically and socially, and on top of that your Ec10 book is going to cost you 156 bones. (Don’t worry, though; the COOP will buy it back at the end of the year for a bag of potato chips...
BOXES AND CARTONS Bag-in-the-box containers can keep wines fresh for four to six weeks after they're opened, thanks to the vacuum-sealed bag inside that collapses as the wine is consumed, making it difficult for oxygen to get in and spoil what's left. Although box wines often come in 3-L sizes, equivalent to four bottles of wine, more convenient 1.5-L boxes are becoming available...
...moved in with the family. In Kurzweil's mind, a nursing home was not the right choice. But her mother's poor health made getting her to a doctor very difficult. Kurzweil's solution: Dr. Andrew W. Lyons, a New Age Marcus Welby who makes house calls, little black bag--a padded black computer bag--and all. "It's an amazing lifesaver," says Kurzweil. She has time for her daughters and career, and "Dr. Lyons permits my mother to stay with her family...
...modern-day black bag still contains a stethoscope but also a cell phone and a personal digital assistant like a Palm or laptop with detailed patient histories. Moreover, "most point-of-service diagnostic equipment has become so portable that house-call physicians have the capability of providing care comparable to an urgent-care center in the home," says Dr. George Taler, co-director of the Washington Hospital Center Medical House Call Program in Washington. "Even intravenous therapies, medications and oxygen are readily available at the time of the visit if the physician wishes to offer advanced care for those patients...
Lyons, Irene Kurzweil's physician, started doing house calls six years ago. "This is the only thing that I found really satisfies my desire to be a doctor," he says. "I am involved in my patients' lives and get to know them as people." His black bag includes a Palm computer that has wi-fi for e-mail, a special database for patient histories and lab results, and a customized word-processing program. He also carries a battery-powered electrocardiogram (ECG) machine and portable lab kits to do finger sticks that test blood-glucose levels. The doctors often work with...