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...arms and legs left vulnerable even as body armor is protecting vital organs. The amputation rate of 6% of wounded soldiers is twice that of earlier wars. But in addition, doctors are seeing new injuries, some of them inconspicuous compared with the shredded flesh of bombing victims. Traumatic brain injury occurs when the shock from an explosion damages neurological fibers. Soldiers may survive a blast with scarcely a cut, only to find over time that they suffer coordination and memory loss, dizziness, insomnia. Some have to learn to walk again--or to recognize their wives and children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lucky Ones | 3/13/2005 | See Source »

Involved students and committed athletes struggle to find time in busy evening schedules for dinner within the narrow window currently offered. And students working late seek the ever-expanding services from late-night Brain-Breaks, a snack which for many has come to represent a fourth meal. In the interest of healthy living, the University needs to take a close look at what services we offer to students and when...

Author: By John S. Haddock and John S. Haddock, S | Title: The Hour of the Student | 3/9/2005 | See Source »

...logic of Atkins v. Virginia, a 2002 case which established that poor reasoning and impulse control precludes the execution of the retarded, comes into play here; although adolescents will one day be fully functional adults, until that day they are a riotous mess of chemicals and brain-size fluctuations. Recent research on the maturation of the brain, available only with modern technology, clearly shows that there is some basis in fact that the ultimate punishment should never be meted out for youthful mistakes, however egregious...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: From the Mouths of Babes | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

There are two ways of explaining this phenomenon, said Carolyn Buck Luce, one of the authors of “The Hidden Brain Drain: Off-Ramps and On-Ramps in Women’s Careers...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study: Time Off Sets Women Back | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

DIED. TILLIE FOWLER, 62, once the highest-ranking woman in Congress; of a brain hemorrhage; in Jacksonville, Fla. Known for her candor, graciousness and friends on both sides of the aisle, the Florida conservative, who rallied for the impeachment of Bill Clinton, was often dubbed the "steel magnolia"--a hybrid of Southern belle and drill sergeant. Fowler, who had made a promise to serve no more than four terms, retired in 2001, saying her work was done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 14, 2005 | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

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