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Curtin suggests that students who findthemselves experiencing discomfort in any typingposition, including at the Science at the ScienceCenter, contact the EHS office. "Students seem tobe the least informed about the services availableand how to get to them," she says. "We very rarelyget calls from students...
Injuries sustained during improper keyboard useare not limited to the wrist and hands. Simmonsstresses the importance of not keeping the elbowsflexed much more than 70 degrees in order to avoidundue pressure on nerves in the elbow. This canprevent discomfort from extending up the arm tothe neck and shoulder...
...Take Back the Night" march at the suggestion of friends and felt acutely uncomfortable for the duration: it was clear that I was not of the rallying ilk and found no refuge in a raised fit or a charged slogan. But it occurred to me that my discomfort then was no worse than that which, I and many women and men feel when alone in regions of violence and unrest...
That will no doubt be seen by many as a richly deserved rebuke to an airline whose 3,000 planes and 600,000 employees once freighted more passengers more miles in greater discomfort than any other carrier in the world. During the past three years, however, the stock-in-trade tales of Aeroflot's imperious cabin crews, wretched meals and white-knuckle landings that once left travelers laughing nervously in the aisles have turned decidedly unfunny...
...symptoms of postpolio mimic those of the original disease, albeit in a less virulent form. They include fatigue and exhaustion, muscle weakness, painful joints and, sometimes, difficult breathing. The discomfort usually begins in the muscles affected by the original infection but can spread. Patients who got polio before age 10 and suffered particularly severe cases seem to be the most susceptible to the aftereffects...