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...thing that I found really satisfies my desire to be a doctor," he says. "I am involved in my patients' lives and get to know them as people." His black bag includes a Palm computer that has wi-fi for e-mail, a special database for patient histories and lab results, and a customized word-processing program. He also carries a battery-powered electrocardiogram (ECG) machine and portable lab kits to do finger sticks that test blood-glucose levels. The doctors often work with lab services that send out technicians to draw blood and with medical companies that provide portable...
...research, which was also published in last week's Archives of Internal Medicine, was part of the large Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, which has tracked the sleep patterns of more than 1,400 men and women since 1988. The subjects are brought into a lab every four years for a full evaluation of their sleep habits. Having undergone one of those overnight polysomnographies, I can tell you that they are no fun. Researchers attach little electrical leads all over your body-including your eyelids-to measure brain activity, eye and muscle movement, leg movement, airflow, chest and abdominal movement, heart...
...gatekeeper, an odd little man known as Mr. Nick. Sporting silver loops in both ears and wrapping his salt-and-pepper braids into a bun behind his head, 56-year-old James Melvin Nicholas stood out in the crew-cut, uniformed staff. The breast of his white lab coat was smothered in goodwill medals given to him by VIP guests. His accent was effeminate and Mississippian. He held the lowly title of medical support technician. But from behind the nurse's station, where he worked, everyone knew who was in charge...
...weighted, as is the ability to play the cello, or a work history that includes the founding of a non-profit. In my experience, there are few students at Harvard “only for athletics,” as there are few students there only for lab work or a role in the orchestra. My teammates have gone on to pursue careers in medicine, in law, in teaching, and yes, there are even a few in finance. And as an aside, I can tell you with the utmost certainty that we were far from “exalted?...
...Paloma Saez's internship hadn't been paid, she says, "my parents would have liked me to take a job on the side." As a high schooler interested in both art and science, Saez, 16, interned this summer at the art conservation lab of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. For $9 an hour for four days a week, she helped test and catalog materials used in sculptures...