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...also leads by example with her intelligent and creative designs. A case in point is this week's pull-out poster on John Glenn's space flight. "We wanted to do something informative and inspirational, especially for kids," she says. "I tried to capture Glenn's boyish excitement and implant that in the mind of some future astronaut--like my daughter...
...Since 7:30 a.m., eight new young doctors have been pelted with a steady stream of questions from Magnus Ohman, the senior cardiologist, who is leading the group this morning: Which famous painter suffered from digoxin poisoning? (Van Gogh.) How does a chest X ray look when a breast implant leaks? (Trick question: it looks the same.) Which episode of ER fits the patient in 7206? The dazed residents protest that they have no time for television. "You've got to watch ER," Ohman lectures. "Patients come in and ask you about...
...colleagues at the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine in Englewood have come up with a mixture that keeps cells growing in vitro for up to five days, making it much easier to pick out the strongest embryos. So instead of three or four or five embryos, doctors can implant one or two. The technique could be a standard practice by next spring...
Your article on the silicone-breast-implant trial in Louisiana [LAW, Sept. 1] raised a number of important issues about the role of science in the courtroom, but the use of the word Dow in the article was misleading. Dow Chemical and Dow Corning are separate corporate entities, and Dow Chemical is not the "parent company" of Dow Corning. Rather, Dow Chemical and Corning Inc. are each 50% shareholders in Dow Corning, which formerly made breast implants. Dow Chemical is not now and never has been in the breast-implant business. It is also important to note that the Louisiana...
...conclusions come from a review of dozens of studies to date. Even before this finding, Fortune reported that breast implant manufacturers were starting to see the light at the end of the legal tunnel. More than 20 studies failed to link the implants to diseases they allegedly cause. Such evidence has forced judges and juries to side with manufacturers in 16 of the last 20 lawsuits. However, thousands of lawsuits are still pending, and about a half-million women have reserved the right...