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a: Reforming the health care system ~
b: fixing an airplane that is in the air

What:

"Reforming the health care system is like fixing an airplane that is in the air. It's repairing an engine at full speed, and you're not allowed to let the airplane crash."


The link article is lengthy discussion
of healthcare in the US and in Europe.


Useful?
Writer: Thomas Zeltner
LCC:
Where:
Date: Jan 23 2014 8:35 PM


Go Get It.......

a: Histamine ~
b: a directional signal

What:

"Histamine is like a directional signal for white blood cells and makes it easier for them to reach pathogens by making capillaries more permeable. Too much histamine makes the capillaries too permeable, however. Although the red blood cells are too large to squeeze through the openings created, fluid will leak out under the skin, ultimately producing hives. "


Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Feb 21 2014 3:53 PM


7-ness

a: Heptad ~
b: Forager

What: and like: Athena Citadel,akropolis,Reaper, Hard to Subdue Defense,Due Measure, Virgin, Revered Seven,Bringing to Completion, Fortune, fate,Preserving.

Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 24 2014 12:34 PM



a: methylation ~
b: 5th base in DNA

What:

"methylation is like a 5th base in DNA"


Useful?
Writer: Yann Abraham
LCC:
Where:
Date: Aug 19 2014 4:29 PM



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