Word: doctor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Challenger crew members also activated an array of zero-g experiments, some, like a biological-materials separation test for making Pharmaceuticals, of potential commercial value. The space team acted as guinea pigs for Mission Specialist Norm Thagard, 39, the second medical doctor to fly the shuttle. He was trying to learn why some astronauts suffer from a form of queasiness known as space-adaptation syndrome during the initial hours of weightlessness. At the astronauts' request, Mission Control no longer publicly discusses medical problems during a flight. But judging by the demeanor of the five during television broadcasts from Challenger...
...debate swung back and forth, so too did public opinion. One poll showed that 35% of Israelis support the doctors, while 29% back the government. But the hunger strike was already beginning to have serious consequences. One man died only hours after the understaffed Ashkelon Hospital sent him home, advising him to consult a doctor not on strike. Meanwhile, all but some 15% of the doctors at Haifa's Rambam Hospital were fasting. If the walkout continues, it could take its toll not only in public patience but also in human lives...
...Jack Massey, 78, one of the founders of Kentucky Fried Chicken, H.C.A. is today run by the younger Dr. Frist. While he is a trained surgeon with a medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Frist sees himself more as a professional manager than a doctor. H.C.A.'s 1982 revenues rose 47%, to $3.5 billion, and earnings increased 39%, to $171.9 million...
...hardly able to move, was brought to the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. His symptoms were similiar to those of patients afflicted with Parkinson's disease, which usually affects the elderly. Dr. William Langston speculated that the cause might be something in the heroin that the victim used. The doctor and his team were able to track down others who had used the same batch of the drug and found similar reactions. Through a chance conversation with another doctor, help from police, and tips resulting from a newspaper story, Langston uncovered other cases and obtained samples of the bad drug...
...struggling to learn Amharic, the country's language. It was there that the power of science changed his life. He vaccinated tens of thousands of people against smallpox as part of a team that effectively stopped the disease in the area. Many villagers, who believed he was a doctor, came to him with their afflictions, but he could do little to help. Recalls Holmberg: "I was frustrated by not knowing what was going...