Word: electrocardiogram
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Michelle C. Sullivan '96 says that when she was given a electrocardiogram for a possible irregular heartbeat, she was promised test results the next day. But UHS never called. After two weeks, she went in and got the results herself, but the experience left a lasting impression...
BIOFEEDBACK. For mechanistic Westerners, this is the mystical in gadget form. By looking at dials on a machine that measures skin temperature (stress cools, relaxation warms) or electrodermal response (similar to an electrocardiogram), the patient, wired with sensors, learns to control what is usually involuntary: circulation to the extremities, tension in the jaw, heartbeat rates and even pupil size (for advanced students). "If you studied yoga for years, you might be able to get the same effect," says Dr. Elliot Wineburg, assistant professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan...
...November, in Gorky, I was no longer simply aware of my heart, I could feel it burning, in flames. The Academy of Sciences Hospital in Moscow took ! an electrocardiogram and said there was nothing wrong. I went back to Gorky, taking with me a new book by Nikolai Yakovlev, CIA Target -- the U.S.S.R., which attacked both Andrei and me. (Yakovlev is a Soviet historian whose specialty is the U.S.) On April 25, 1983, I suddenly felt something sharp pierce me. I could not move or cry out. Then, slowly, almost creeping along, I reached Andrei's nitroglycerine pills...
Most Presidents change in office, adjusting body and mind to compensate for advancing years or declining health. John Kennedy designed his routines to protect his ailing back. He insisted on a daily nap to keep a clear mind. Lyndon Johnson carried a plastic-encased electrocardiogram to show any doubters that his damaged heart was still pumping adequately. He napped two hours a day, then revived with a cold shower rigged for 80 lbs. of pressure per square inch over his enormous body-and great gulps of Cutty Sark Scotch. Ike went through a heart attack, ileitis and a stroke...
...equipment includes a $10,000 Coulter Counter, which is used in hematology analysis. In addition, UHS has installed a second electrocardiogram device, several new refrigerators to hold samples, and an autoclave, which sterilizes instruments electrically...