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...Student Initiated Programming Fund would allow upperclassmen ages 21 and above to apply for up to $200 of retroactive UC funding for student events—including parties—in common spaces in the Houses...
...compound from which almost all modern anesthetics are derived, was discovered largely by luck and its derivatives through trial and error. As a result, however, much about these drugs remains mysterious. Even today, doctors are baffled as to why exactly anesthetics cause unconsciousness in patients. (See the most common hospital mishaps...
...that enables calcium to enter cells could protect stroke patients from severe brain damage. But in the course of researching this possibility, they found that switching off the receptor in a healthy brain cell led to the death of that cell - an unexpected and troubling result, given that many common anesthetics block the same receptor. At first this made little sense, but other researchers began to speculate that preventing calcium entry might be the cause of injury...
...Indeed, the state's data suggest that chronic underlying conditions are among the main risk factors for developing H1N1 disease severe enough to require hospital care. In both young and old patients who were hospitalized for swine flu (741 cases in total), ailments that complicate the flu were common: some 60% of children and 72% of adults had conditions including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and gastrointestinal disease. (See how to prevent illness...
...Along these lines, what do you think the most common misconceptions are about the motivations of suicide bombers? We tend to assume that they act out of personal despair, rage, hatred, belief in paradise or having been brainwashed. We also assume that their actions are completely irrational and destructive. What we need to look at, in order to correct these misconceptions, is the martyr's discourse and the rituals that surround religiously sanctioned suicide terror...