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...lens is made from a new plastic called Equalens II, which allows oxygen to diffuse freely across the lens into the eye. The cornea needs oxygen for the eye to function properly...
...Rain washes many of these chemicals off the lawn. Last August the algae bloom near the Boston Museum of Science turned the water lime green. Algae bloom are frequently caused by large amounts of nutrients in the water (read: fertilizer). An algae bloom can quickly use up the dissolved oxygen in the water, causing widespread death for the fish and other species living in the area...
...alone in giving Cook the oxygen of publicity. But when the only hook for a story is a lawsuit -- which takes only one person convincing one lawyer to go forward -- the media are under some obligation to check out the accusation. In this case, a modest amount of reporting would have shown the charges to be suspect. Repressed memory is controversial to begin with, and the hypnotist who jogged Cook's memory is in the graphic-arts business and is not a licensed psychologist. The evidence was flimsy. There was no telltale inscription in a book Bernardin was supposed...
Most Suspicious Illness: Asthma, due to the unprecedented stampede for inhalers and antiasthma prescription drugs (asthma medication is believed to increase the lungs' capacity to take in oxygen...
...Murphy doesn't really have time for a protracted legal battle. When he arrived at Rochester, he says, he could walk a lap or two on the prison track. Now he's winded after climbing down a flight of stairs. He must sleep virtually sitting up, and gets oxygen all night. He fears that a heart attack or stroke could leave him on life support rather than kill him outright. "Serving a four-year sentence on life support," Murphy shudders. "That's scary." Ironically, his life seeps away just minutes from the Mayo Clinic, home to a world-famous heart...