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...powerful as the AIDS drugs are, HIV mutates so rapidly that if the antiretroviral compounds are not properly administered, they are quickly rendered useless not just for that patient but for every other patient exposed to the mutated virus. It's a concept that is difficult for even the best-intentioned patients here to appreciate. TIME spoke with a patient advocate, 31, who goes by the pseudonym Ke'Er. He was infected after selling blood and was admitted to a study in Beijing that provided free U.S. antiretroviral drugs, but he accidentally left his two-month supply on the train...
...pieces of gel—slightly thinner than contact lenses, with about the same size and consistency—that change colors in the presence of different materials. I’m attempting to create a sensor that detects cobalt, which might prove useful in quickly determining if a patient has had a heart attack...
...would never, ever leave a patient in an evacuated building. Patients come first,” Lane said...
Researchers in St. Louis, Mo., and Rome, Italy, conducted extensive tests on 15 obese women before and three months after they underwent liposuction. "We removed 20 to 22 lbs. of fat from each patient," says Dr. Samuel Klein, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis. That's twice as much fat as is usually removed. The women were instructed not to diet or exercise more until the experiment was over. All reported that they felt better and could move more easily after surgery. But with respect to their metabolic risk factors, Klein says...
...would never, ever leave a patient in an evacuated building. Patients come first,” Lane said...