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...Still, Monica didn't know the robot's weight, which she would need to measure the dopamine increase. She moved to pick up Ardman's chart, which listed his weight, but just then the simulator's blood pressure dropped radically, prompting Monica to make the same error that Thomas had made: she went for epinephrine. After the drug sent Ardman into ventricular tachycardia, Monica was fast enough to shock him with the defibrillator. But this time poor Mr. Ardman died before the experiment ended. The expert had killed Ardman even faster than the novice...
...trains, ingesting dangerous household cleaners and setting oneself on fire. These patients also tended to isolate themselves before their suicide attempt, most likely in order to reduce the possibility they would receive life-saving help. "We established that these patients' death had little to do with their low body weight," says lead author Jill Holm-Denoma, a professor of clinical psychology at Vermont and an expert on treating eating disorders. "The methods that they chose could have killed anyone...
...help. Insurers rarely pick up the bill. Most health plans argue that eating disorders require mental health treatment not covered by most policies and therefore refuse to pay for long-term care. In the direst cases, health plans will often cover a brief hospitalization to stabilize a patient's weight. But once she begins to gain weight again, she will be sent home. "The biological crisis may have passed," says Barbara Anthony, a Boston-based lawyer and executive director of Health Law Advocates, an organization that aids families. "But hospitals and health plans have done little to provide these patients...
...Smith said. “For me, to even keep that close behind her makes me feel good about next weekend.” In the field events, the women had more participation and equally successful outcomes. Senior co-captain Molly Boyle hurled a 16.02m distance in the weight throw, good enough for fourth place, while classmate Jill Sylvester finished close behind with a tenth-place toss of 13.19m. The Crimson logged three top-20 performances in the long jump, with sophomore Kelli Okuji anchoring the Harvard jumpers with a fifth-best 5.40m leap. Freshmen Jessica Fronk...
...middle of the weight range proved to be disastrous for the Crimson, as Carpenter and Sadler suffered major decision losses, giving Columbia a 14-10 edge. At 174 lbs., the Lions’ Travis Creagan earned a fall over Ziemnik, giving his team a 10-point cushion...