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...vibration power does have its uses. The shaking of a bridge could power tiny sensors to monitor the structure's physical integrity. Or the steady vibrations of a beating human heart could be harvested to run a pacemaker. Not only is vibration energy free, but the power sources for devices it fuels wouldn't have to be replaced every few years--meaning cardiac patients wouldn't need their chests cut open periodically to replace the batteries in their pacemakers. "These are places where there's no source of power but plenty of vibrations," says Roy Freeland, CEO of the British...
...Ardman moaned, and his heart monitor squalled urgently...
...Thomas missed that simple solution. Instead, he asked Ardman if he had chest pain. "I'm just nauseous and dizzy," the patient replied. Just then, the monitor made an ominous noise indicating that Ardman's pressure was plummeting further. Thomas vacillated...
...participating in a Florida State study designed to compare the performance of novice nurses like him against that of more experienced ones. The results were surprising. After Thomas left, I watched a nurse with more than 25 years' experience go through the same simulation. At first, when the monitor indicated a drop in blood pressure, Monica (also a pseudonym) coolheadedly began to identify possible treatments. Within seconds she noticed Ardman's dopamine drip, and she knew it was the answer. "She's so fast," said James Whyte IV, an assistant professor at Florida State's School of Nursing...
...When products as serious as medications, which can have dangerous side effects, are marketed directly to the public, who should monitor the claims, and how? Bioethicist Katie Watson at Northwestern University notes that the blame for misleading ads such as Pfizer's doesn't always lie with one party. "We have an oil and water situation where we have our drug development and sales done on a free market model in the same way we sell cars and refrigerators," she says. "But our medical care is done on a fiduciary duty, privacy and trust model. We throw those two together...