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...idea what they were pioneering. But those early prototypes?carrying squealing thrill seekers on wooden sleds for several hundred feet?were an inspiration to 20th century engineers, and the result was the roller coaster. The U.S. once led the roller coaster field, but as new challengers (like Denmark's Vild-Svinet) have shown, no country has a monopoly on thrills. Here are some of our favorites, from Ohio to Taichung...
Still, all hospitals double-check the dosage of chemotherapy drugs that are given to a patient--and Dana-Farber is no exception. According to Gina Vild, a hospital spokeswoman, once the physician has written the order, Dana-Farber's rules require two pharmacists to verify it. "Pharmacist 1 is supposed to check it and, yes, is supposed to make the calculations himself," she told TIME. He then "gives it to Pharmacist 2, who looks at it and checks it" before sending the drug to the patient's room. When the order for Lehman came through, neither pharmacist caught the mistake...
...Vild said that $132,000 can cover, with money to spare, the entire cost of a bone marrow transplant...
...Vild tried to define what the lost money means not just to the center but to the kids...
Such transplants are used for blood diseases such as leukemia and as treatment for solid tumors--and are, Vild said, life-saving...