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This is real recycling--the body of the deceased is used to teach the next generation. Medical schools have different rules for body donation (generally the deceased must be adult and free of contagious disease and major trauma, including autopsy). When cadaver research is concluded, usually after two years, the remains are cremated without charge and buried or returned to the family for disposal. --By Amanda Bower
Although the trauma of last Sept. 11 has faded into the background, Bush has not loosened his stranglehold on public discourse. With his sights set on Saddam, he would prefer not to deal with pesky questions about double standards or the murky precedent that a U.S. invasion of Iraq would set. Stifling dissent may be harder now than it was some months ago, when challenges to patriotism could gag even the biggest mouths. But then again, Iraq is much closer to Bush’s heart...
...advance that could help boxers and fighting children suffering from eye trauma, Harvard researchers have found a new gene therapy that could prevent the retina from detaching after eye surgery...
...trauma, the retina can become detached and require surgery...
...there are no federal laws requiring doctors or hospitals to offer the morning-after pill to rape victims, it is their responsibility to provide medical services, including emergency drugs, to patients in crisis. Simply, emergency rooms should provide emergency care. For a woman to be sexually assaulted is a trauma that cannot be easily dealt with or forgotten. Many women are reluctant to report a rape or to even visit the hospital—only 15 to 30 percent of rapes are ultimately reported to the police, an estimated 95,000 per year according to the U.S. Justice Department...