Later Use of Clot-Buster After Stroke Possible: Study (Monday 15th of September 2008 12:01:09 AM)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- spanish researchers who
showed that the
clot-dissolving drug tPA could safely be used within three
hours after a stroke now say the
limit can be wide-ranging to four-and-a-half
hours.
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(more)A blonde is on a four-engine plane crossing the Atlantic. ... (Wednesday 27th of August 2008 08:10:02 AM)
A blonde is on a four-engine plane loop the Atlantic.All of a sudden there's a loud bang. The
pilot announces over the intercom “I'm sorry, one of our engines has just shut off. We'll
be delayed 45 minutes.”Suddenly there's another bang. Once ...
(more)Doctor: "I have some bad news and some very bad news." ... (Friday 25th of July 2008 04:10:02 PM)
Doctor: "I have some bad news and some very bad news."Patient: "Well, might as well give me the
bad news first."Doctor: "The lab called with your test results. They said you have 24 hours to
live."Patient: "24 Hours! Thats terrible! What could be worse? ...
(more)Doctor: "I have some bad news and some very bad news." ... (Thursday 03rd of July 2008 04:10:02 PM)
Doctor: "I have some bad news and some very bad news."Patient: "Well, might as well give me the
bad news first."Doctor: "The lab called with your test results. They said you have 24 hours to
live."Patient: "24 Hours! Thats terrible! What could be worse? ...
(more)A Few Firefox 3 Followups (Thursday 19th of June 2008 08:45:03 AM)
An unnamed reader writes "Using data issue by the Mozilla Firefox key in pledge page, the map
on this blog post ranks countries, not by absolute number of pledges made, but rather on a per
capita basis. This breakdown yields some interesting conclusions ...
(more)Hackontest — 24h Open Source Coding Marathon (Saturday 19th of April 2008 03:55:12 PM)
Maemst writes "Can you code 24 hours non-stop? Hackontest is a new Google-sponsored 24-hour
computer-aided testing languages competition between different open source projects. Its goals
are to enhance Free system os projects indisputable to user needs ...
(more)A young boy and his grandfather went fishing one afternoon, ... (Sunday 24th of February 2008 07:10:02 AM)
A young boy and his special privilege went fishing one afternoon, after a couple of hours of
fishing, the grandfathering opened a can of beer, the grandson noticed and asked, "Grandpa, can
I have a sip of your beer?" His special case looked at him ...
(more)Strangers on a Train (Monday 04th of February 2008 12:00:00 AM)
A rocket technician gets on a train to go to New York. His cabin also has a poor farmer in it.
To pass the time the missile man decides to play a game with the guy.
"I will ask you a or
propriety of; ...
(more)DOE Awards 265 Million Processor-Hours To Science Projects (Tuesday 22nd of January 2008 12:45:04 AM)
Weather Storm writes "DOE's new and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and analysis (INCITE)
program supports computationally intensive, large-scale inquiry projects at a deciding level.
They newly awarded 265 million processor-hours to 55 scientific ...
(more)NASA Ikhana Assists SoCal Firefighters (Saturday 27th of October 2007 07:15:02 AM)
Ackthpt writes "Ikhana (a NASA drone) is primarily designed for suborbital earth astronomy
etc.; pure science is regarded as essentially theoretical (in contrast to applied science
missions, but may be fitted out with a variety of sensors. Wednesday, ...
(more)Work Time Predicts Sleep Time (Monday 03rd of September 2007 11:55:21 PM)
The more hours adults work and the more hours they spend commuting to the job, the less time
they spend sleeping.
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(more)Sleepy? Cut out late-night Internet and TV (Thursday 23rd of August 2007 10:33:16 PM)
People who spend more
pre-bedtime hours using the Internet or watching one's calories
television are
more likely to report that they don't get enough sleep, even
though they sleep
almost as long as people who spend fewer
pre-bedtime hours in front ...
(more)Canada's 'universal' health care (Sunday 19th of August 2007 05:00:04 PM)
Canada's 'universal' health careWe finally have good general expenses responsive of
"universal" health care: somewhere in the universe there may be a place for you to get
treatment. And if you are lucky enough to live near the United States before Hillary ...
(more)New Explanation For the Industrial Revolution (Wednesday 08th of August 2007 07:40:18 PM)
Pcol writes "The New York Times is running a story on Dr. Gregory Clark's book 'A hello to
Alms,' which offers a new elucidation for the Industrial Revolution and the affluence it
created. Dr. Clark, an economic historian at the University of California ...
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