Word: planes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That's why a DVT study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association caused such a stir. Scientists in Scotland asked 73 healthy volunteers to spend eight hours in a hypobaric chamber in conditions that simulated a plane flying at nearly 8,000 ft. Blood drawn after the test showed no evidence that air- pressure or oxygen levels had activated the clotting mechanism...
Research indicates that the vast majority of people who develop DVT, on or off a plane, have at least one other risk factor, such as cancer, circulation problems, a family history of thrombosis or a bad knee or hip. Pregnant women or women on birth control pills are also at higher risk...
...which went on sale in late March. The book comes 10 years after the establishment of the scholarship in memory of the late Ron Brown, the first African American to serve as secretary of commerce and Democratic National Committee chair. Brown died in April 1996 aboard a military plane that crashed in Croatia. More than 160 students have won the scholarship in the decade since it was created. Tracy T. “Ty” Moore II ’06, a current scholar, remarked that the student essayists demonstrate that “it is possible to triumph...
...Polls commissioned by Milstein suggest that few consumers would opt for surgery abroad for incentives below $1,000. But raise the ante above $1,000, and the equation changes. Among people who have sick family members, about 45% of the underinsured or uninsured declare they would get on the plane; even 19% of those who have insurance say they're game. Above $5,000, the percentage of takers climbs to 61% and 40%, respectively...
With no health insurance and lacking $60,000 for a badly needed operation, Steinard, a 59-year-old Floridian, hopped onto the Internet and then onto a plane to India...