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...something different altogether. It is a roughly 12-in. by 7-in. cylinder that hangs suspended in a vacuum from magnetic bearings and normally spins at 55,000 r.p.m.; today's cars run at an average of 2,000 r.p.m. The energy of the flywheel is stored in this rapid rotation, which generates electricity on demand. In the Rosens' power train, the flywheel works in conjunction with a gas-driven microturbine to make...
...Starting next month, a nonsurgical approach to ABORTION will be tested on 3,000 women. Two drugs are taken, one a cancer drug that stops the rapid cell division of the embryo...
...cramps and bloating were not enough, research shows that ASTHMATIC WOMEN of childbearing age are more likely to suffer severe attacks right before and during menstruation. A rapid drop in estrogen, which prompts changes in the immune system and elsewhere, may be to blame...
Promising as it is, ProMED has a long way to go. The network does nothing to address the underlying causes of new and re-emerging infectious diseases. In order effectively to prevent the rapid spread of communicable diseases--whether familiar ones such as malaria, relatively new ones such as Ebola or mysteries like hantavirus--sanitation and sewerage systems have to be built, and the public has to be educated about hygiene...
...biggest surprise in the past two years has been the rapid growth of a system known as managed care. Millions of Americans have been shifted into health-maintenance organizations, dramatically restructuring the financing and delivery of health care. The original impetus for managed care came from physicians who wanted the freedom to treat their patients without being worried about whether they could pay for each visit, test or procedure. In the early HMOs, cost containment was an unexpected benefit, not the primary purpose. Since then, in many cases managed care has lived up to those ideals--by paying far more...