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...kind of surgery you would never expect most people with emphysema--a degenerative, often smoking-related condition of the lungs--to agree to undergo. Called lung-volume reduction, the operation is designed to decrease the capacity of the lungs in an attempt to improve their overall efficiency. In 1996 the National Institutes of Health decided to put the controversial operation to the test. The conclusion, published last week: the surgery can help some emphysema sufferers breathe more easily and improve their quality of life. Of the 1,218 patients in the study, researchers found that those who were too ailing...
...part of the College’s expanded sexual assault education program, Gross said that time will be specifically allotted during future Freshman Weeks for the discussion of sexual assault and that Ad Board members will undergo training in the adjudication of assault-related disputes before the fall...
...effort to further acquaint himself with the nuts and bolts of College administration, Gross will this summer undergo the same training process that new House masters and senior tutors must go through to learn how to handle the lives of the students they oversee...
Before the district court bail hearing, Denner arranged for Pring-Wilson to undergo a polygraph test, in addition to medical evaluations...
...were trying to leave Yuhuan county that local officials blocked the mountainous road and told us we needed to undergo a physical, since we were outsiders who could be carrying SARS. But instead of taking us to the hospital, the police drove us to the local Foreign Affairs Office, where 16 officials representing every department from the local public-security bureau to the local propaganda office had gathered. After the drinking marathon proved ineffective, they took us to a conference room for formal interrogation. The procedure was videotaped, with a woman on loan from the local TV station holding...