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...worth anything," Wilson says. "But those limbs are moving. That heart is beating. You don't have to say anything ..." She brings out a black velvet box that looks as if it holds a strand of pearls. Inside are four tiny rubber fetuses, the smallest like a kidney bean with limbs, the biggest about the size of a thumb. This is what your baby looks like, she tells clients; this is about how much it weighs right now. "When we do the ultrasound, we ask the girl how she's feeling," Wilson explains. "I ask what she would like...
...office of MIT’s Provost from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day, and will swear off food until he resigns. According to The Boston Globe, about 30 supporters joined his protest yesterday.Sherley has undergone extensive preparations for his strike. He said he has undergone tests for kidney, liver, and heart function, and has read up on the effects of starvation so he knows what to expect. A certified M.D., he will check his own blood pressure daily. An MIT medical team will be on call, he said. Sherley said he has had to resort to such desperate...
...Since Nov. 20 at least 60 cases of E. coli infections have been reported across six states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most of them linked to Taco Bell restaurants. Forty-eight of those people have been hospitalized, seven with potentially fatal kidney failure, and more cases are likely to be reported. The New York Times reported on Friday that there are at least 169 confirmed E. coli cases, most of them centered on Long Island and in New Jersey. The cause of the outbreak remains unknown, although green onions from Taco Bell restaurants...
...learn the hard way. As her virus became resistant to one drug after another, Saleem cycled through a pharmacy of options. As a result, her virus is harder to control, and she finds herself in a hospital at least once a year battling side effects that range from kidney stones to inflammation of her heart tissue. "My [immune cell] counts aren't the best," she says, "but they are stable...
...When a patient needs a new organ—a kidney, say—the surgeon will contact a commercial organ producer and supply them with the patient’s immunological profile,” he said in the survey...