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Yes, she had. Five days earlier Gibson had taken an 11-hour trip back to Britain from a holiday in New Orleans. Based on this information, hospital staff quickly diagnosed a pulmonary embolism, a potentially fatal lung complication of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - blood clots in the veins - a condition...
Of all the unexpected health hazards associated with the skies, it is DVT that has most recently captured public attention. Sometimes referred to as economy-class syndrome, DVT can strike passengers in any section of an aircraft. In some victims the effect of the blood clots might be only a...
Maybe so, but proving it has been difficult. Those who develop DVT are likely to have a predisposition to it (see box), and the condition itself can be virtually impossible to track. Minor cases may produce no symptoms, while major complications such as pulmonary embolisms can show up weeks after...
In the past month, nearly 10,000 items relating to the Atari 2600 have shown up on eBay: joysticks, manuals and rare games, plus the systems themselves, which in good condition usually sell for $25 to $50. (Atari's old opponent Colecovision, in contrast, had fewer than 1,000 listings...
Faster reveals that despite all our haste we may only be running in place. Gleick wisely avoids the "Smell the roses" cliches and imparts no advice on how to save one's time in our increasingly hurried lives. In fact, he dedicates a whole chapter to exposing the contradictions present...