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...think large institutions like the MBTA are the largest abusers of the ADA," said Muehe, who suffered a spinal cord injury in college and has used a wheelchair since...
Meningitis is a potentially fatal infection, which causes an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord. The bacteria causes flu-like symptoms such as headaches, high fevers, stiff necks and nausea which can quickly become exacerbated and be fatal within hours if not treated by antibiotics. Meningitis is an extremely rare infection, effecting only 3.8 of every 100,000 college dorm residents...
ROAD PHONE While everyone else hawks wireless phones, Imagitel is going retro with a new portable phone that has-you guessed it-a cord. But there are some nifty advantages. On the road, Imagitel's Millennium phone can be plugged in to avoid high hotel long-distance charges. Or you can turn one over to your away-from-home collegians with prepaid long-distance service in hopes they'll call. The catch? Imagitel is the provider, though its rates (9[cents] per min. at home, 19.9[cents] away) aren...
...virus behind this childhood disease. A close cousin of herpes simplex, which causes cold sores, varicella-zoster can be beaten back by the immune system but never eradicated. Like a bandit pursued by a posse, it retreats to a safe haven--bundles of nerve cells in the spinal cord or cranium. There varicella-zoster lies dormant, usually for decades...
...been yearning for a blueberry laptop built of bulletproof polycarbonate plastic (to make it, Ive explains, "rugged, robust, structural") and co-molded rubber (to make it "compliant, yielding, human"). And a little foldout handle. And a sleep light that throbs like a heartbeat. And a sleek, round charger whose cord rolls up like...