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...than surgery, which often requires an incision of 2 to 3 inches and can lead to damage in surrounding tissues or organs; the new method requires a quarter-inch incision and uses a combination of ultrasound and fluoroscopy - live X-ray - to carefully guide forceps to the object, steering clear of the body's vital structures during extraction. The scar is also much smaller, "about the size of a freckle," Shiels says. (See pictures from an X-ray studio...
Young went back to school in the fall, and two or three more patients came to Nationwide with similar wounds. For Shiels and Young, it became clear that they were on to something. The following summer, Shiels, Young (who graduated from Miami University in Ohio) and three others worked their way through the data, unearthing cases of self-embedding going back to 2005. They also discovered that the majority of patients who harmed themselves in this way did so more than once - the average recurrence was three times - and that the materials embedded under the skin varied dramatically in size...
...traffic island with a Soviet T34 tank on a pedestal, a World War II memorial. Next to it is a farmers' market, where babushkas from nearby villages with woolly hats and dodgy teeth sell homegrown carrots and potatoes for 25¢ per pound. But look closer, and it's clear that even Lyudinovo isn't frozen in time. A shopping emporium that opened a year ago sells South Korean refrigerators, French yogurt and fake Italian pumps. Several houses are being built on the outskirts - the first new residential construction in more than a decade. And until recently there was plenty...
Back in Paris, architect Ferrier acknowledges that some clients are skeptical when he proposes concrete to them. But "the environmental advantage is clear: zero maintenance, zero painting and a very long life," he says. As soon as the price drops, he adds, "we'll be able to explore more...
...long made clear, what Mohammed is in a hurry to achieve is "martyrdom" by execution. A confession may have seemed a way to ensure that fate quickly before President Bush leaves office. In a curious way, an execution could be seen as a victory for both Bush and Mohammed. But with Barack Obama hoping to make good on his promise to close Gitmo, some of the camp's more than 225 prisoners can expect to be released. The rest, including Mohammed, would face trial in more conventional U.S. courts...