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...most crucial changes, according to Lovejoy, were those in the spine. The distance between chest and pelvis is longer in humans than in apes, allowing the lower spine to curve, which locates the upper body over the pelvis for balance. The pelvis grew broader, meanwhile, and humans developed a hip joint and associated muscles that stabilize the pelvis. Explains Lovejoy: "That's why a chimp sways from side to side as it walks upright and humans...
...considerably since then. The sophisticated pump used in last week's operation is designed to be completely implanted. Developed by Abiomed in Danvers, Mass., with funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the softball-size device is charged across the skin, so there's no need for chest tubes. Its batteries are miniaturized, and its pumping chambers are lined with a specialized coating that should cut down on blood clots...
...raped her and her colleagues. "They said we did not have honor. I looked at them and I said, 'Ahh, it's no use.'" The soldiers came again. And again. Florence kept working. She had no choice. Three years ago she fell ill. A rash spread across her sallow chest and her hair began to fall out. "A doctor came to our area and said come to the hospital for a checkup," she says. "So they did tests, and that was how I was told I was HIV positive." At first she thought AIDS was like a bad flu. When...
...Louisville, Kentucky, the diabetic with the battery-powered titanium-and-plastic heart was resting after they drained fluid from around the gizmo in his chest...
...increase access to condoms, expand aids testing and provide sterile equipment for drugs users. Twenty million people have died since the disease was discovered two decades ago, and HIV has infected 36 million more around the world. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who had proposed a global war chest of up to $10 billion to be spent annually on aids prevention and treatment, described the document as a "battle plan...