Word: oxygenating
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...among these may be the so-called mammalian dive reflex, which allows whales and seals to remain submerged in cold water. It is theorized that humans also have this protection. The reflex is triggered when frigid water splashes over the forehead and nose; nerves signal the brain to divert oxygen-rich blood from the limbs to the heart and brain. An even more important defense against brain damage is a phenomenon known as sub mersion hypothermia: the extreme cold of the surrounding water, and of water breathed into the lungs, cools the body (to about 85° F in Jimmy...
Jimmy was then transferred to Children's Memorial, where doctors gave him massive doses of barbiturates to maintain his coma, a technique increasingly used in head-injury patients. Reason: the drugs reduce the brain's need for oxygen and glucose and lessen the chance of swelling...
...miscarriage. One clue to the cause of these effects comes from National Institutes of Health Researcher Anil Mukherjee, who in 1982 showed that in monkeys the equivalent of three to five drinks consumed rapidly temporarily cuts off all circulation to the fetus, suggesting that brain damage may result from oxygen deprivation. A number of human studies have been carried out in an attempt to find out the level of alcohol consumption necessary to put the fetus in jeopardy. A two-year study at Boston University, begun in 1977, divided pregnant women into groups ranging from those who abstained from alcohol...
Israeli banks once boasted that they were "the economic oxygen of the nation." Today, however, the banks are struggling for breath along with the rest of that country's ailing economy. A bizarre financial crisis, triggered by last year's devaluation of the shekel, has shattered public confidence in Israel's lenders and forced them to slash services. With annual inflation running into three digits (190.7% in 1983), Israelis are accustomed to speculating on the government's frequent devaluations...
...this point. "We're all getting a little old. Some of us have the beginnings of beer bellies. I remember when I was in high school and is some semblance of shape, I wanted to play the whole game. Now after about five minutes I'm looking for an oxygen mask...