by Kyle Jahner | Jul 19, 2011 | Science + Technology
Working as a nurse in one of the busiest cardiac catheterization labs in the country for the last year and a half, Courtney Nahigian spent a lot of time thinking about the preventability of many of her patients’ heart problems. Kyle Jahner/MEDILL NEWS SERVICEKate...
by Kyle Jahner | Jul 19, 2011 | Science + Technology
Kyle Jahner/MEDILL NEWS SERVICE The main entrance at Washington Hospital Center. With nearly 1,000 hospital beds, 1,600 physicians and over 40,000 inpatient admissions to go along with over 400,000 outpatient admissions annually, it is one of the busiest in the...
by Kyle Jahner | Jul 19, 2011 | Science + Technology
The concept of health care conjures up some basic archetypes, often formulated early on in life. From hospital beds to emergency rooms to the white coats shrouding the all-knowing vessels of medical knowledge, we have ingrained in us an idea of what care is supposed...
by Matt Yurus & Noor Wazwaz | Jul 18, 2011 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Roy Matthews can’t cope with life after combat; he smokes, drinks and wanders the streets alone at night. His wife and daughter feel disconnected from him. Matthews, back from deployment in Iraq, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder....
by Chelsea Whyte | Jul 13, 2011 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — The long wait for NASA’s decisions on the Space Launch System isn’t over. A final report on the planned SLS, which will launch crew and cargo beyond low Earth orbit, was expected to be presented to Congress Tuesday, but decisions on cost, design,...
by Chelsea Whyte | Jul 13, 2011 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden came under fire Tuesday from Alabama congressmen for missing repeated deadlines to update Congress on the Space Launch System, despite more frequent and heated requests in recent weeks. Bolden again faced tough criticism...
