Word: rectal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...find you and kill you," Volpe admitted warning Louima that night. But, tellingly, while Volpe apologized "for hurting my family," he offered no apology to his victim. Nor was there any apology from Volpe's lawyer, Marvyn Kornberg, who had claimed--without evidence--that the ruptured bladder and rectal lacerations that Louima, a married father of two, had suffered in the attack were the result of consensual...
...tests received qualified endorsements. The CEA test, which detects as many as 80% of colon-cancer recurrences, measures the amount of carcinoembryonic antigen, a protein found in the blood that is often produced by tumor cells. Regular proctosigmoidoscopy, which looks directly at the rectum, is recommended for patients with rectal cancer who have not undergone standard treatment with radiation...
...Rectal temperature sensors is extreme, but not too extreme for those at Brigham and Women's Hospital attempting to find out the best way to help people adapt to nightwork. By evaluating the role light exposure may have on night time alertness and performance, scientists hope to uncover ways to make nightwork easier...
...Obviously they're not going to put this on the sign, but things like rectal thermometers and staying up [that long]... is not going to bring in students. I think upon learning that most people would decide it's not worth the money no matter how much it is," Daniel E. Kim '00 said. Kim decided not to participate after learning more about the study...
Even Stern, however, said that he would be unwilling to participate in a study which required him to be hooked up to rectal temperature sensors while staying up for 38 hours straight...