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Money isn't the only motivator. Entrepreneurial physicians say they're tired of waiting for inefficiently scheduled hospital ORs to open up, that they're more productive and have better nursing support at their own facilities. Scott Barlow, CEO of the Central Utah Clinic in Provo, which runs an ASC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hospital Wars | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

What Causes Diarrhea Viruses, bacteria or parasites infect the digestive tract through food or water tainted by feces. They attack the small intestine, causing it to malfunction and disgorge its contents in watery (or bloody) stools. The fluid loss leads to dehydration, marked by dizziness, dry or sticky[an error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surviving Diarrhea | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

Zou, who worked for three years on the experiments that went into the paper, said that they provide evidence that certain ORs in the nose stimulate specific—and sometimes overlapping—areas of the brain.

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Scientists Listen In as Nose Talks to Brain | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

The possible overlap of signals from different ORs is surprising because it implies that a single neuron in the brain could be stimulated by more than one type of receptor in the nose.

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Scientists Listen In as Nose Talks to Brain | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

One of the olfactory receptors (ORs) that the study investigated is called M50. According to Zou, when stimulated by a smell, M50 affects the hypothalamus, a part of the brain that, among other things, controls appetite.

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Scientists Listen In as Nose Talks to Brain | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

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