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...among impossibly contrarian parties was disintegrating yet again--this time over how much authority the Food and Drug Administration should have to regulate tobacco products. McCain studied his hands for a moment, as if he were surprised to see the rubber band that he always keeps around his right wrist. Then he looked up. "It's O.K. We knew this was going to happen," he said calmly. "Remember, steady strain. You gotta keep a steady strain...
...decided to go ahead with it. I paid and weighed myself. They wrote my weight on the back of my hand and snapped a blue band around my wrist, indicating I was in the heaviest allowable weight class and should have the strongest and shortest cord. I joined two instructors, two jumpers and two observers. They placed us in seat harnesses, weighed us again and took us to the elevator...
Sporting a silver MedicAlert bracelet on herright wrist, Margaret talks hopefully about howher 11 medications might contain her seizures,depression and headaches. Almost everything ispaid by MassHealth, the state Medicaid program...
First the superficial: at least be sure your environment is healthy. The top of your monitor should line up with your eyes. Contrary to idiotic design, your keyboard should actually be angled away from you. Keep your wrists level and above the table or wrist rest. Brush your teeth...
Symptoms of RSI include aching, swelling, tingling and numbness in wrists and arms as well as decreased dexterity in the fingers. The most frequent cause of RSI, at least for college students, is excess work at computer stations--especially in our rooms and on our particularly damaging laptops. Ideally, monitors should be at eye-level and keyboards should be positioned so that the user can type comfortably with unbent wrists. Wrist pads for the keyboard and mouse can in fact hinder proper hand position, though the evidence is inconclusive. Trackball devices are recommended by some sufferers as healthier alternatives...