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...download aerial images from anywhere on the farm. Because the network also provides a mechanism for remote machine monitoring and controlling, he can check on his grain bins to see how the product is drying and even make transfers from miles away. "Last fall, someone came with a load of grain and dropped it in the bin," father Wade says. "The timer for drying was set too short, but from the combine, I was able to change it." Without this system, the farm would have to hire someone to monitor the grain bins, and as Mitchell puts it, "labor...
...getting so large, they're dragging down the airline industry. The weight of the average U.S. adult has increased about 10 lbs. since the early 1990s, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, and it's costing millions of dollars more for airlines to haul the heavier load. In a letter to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control calculated that planes burned 350 million gal. more fuel in 2000--at an additional cost of $275 million--than they would have if passengers had weighed on average 10 lbs. less. There...
...pour blood through the circulatory system as punch it through, forcing six quarts of heavy liquid beyond the torso and out to remote provinces like the feet, hands and head. Unfortunately, the riptides of the circulatory system are not always kind to the vessels that have to carry the load. Every time the heart contracts, blood not only rushes ahead through the vessels but also presses against the walls. That pulse is the systolic pressure, the first number in your blood-pressure reading. When the heart relaxes between beats, the pressure eases too but only to a point. That...
Michael Robinson, 35, is young enough to remember his glory days playing college basketball, which was one reason he was so surprised when just walking to his car started to wear him out. Robinson's weight certainly didn't help: 345 lbs. is a load to carry, even on a 6-ft. 9-in. frame. His family history worked against him too. Both his parents have high blood pressure, and his father and brother are diabetic. And he didn't do himself any favors by allowing seven years to elapse since his last checkup. When his persistent fatigue finally drove...
...many people, lifestyle changes aren't enough. In such cases, drugs are the answer. There are five classes of blood-pressure medication, each of which works on a different link in the hypertension chain. Diuretics, which cause the body to excrete water and lower the load in the vessels, are the workhorse drugs with the longest history and the most direct effect. Diuretics work best in older patients, since younger metabolisms sense the change in fluid volume and react by activating the renin-angiotensin system to constrict vessels and boost pressure, negating the effects of the drugs...