pressure

Was thinking about that wonderful scene in 2001 when Dave Bowman blasts himself into an airlock with no helmet on. Then I started thinking... if you go from say normal atmospheric pressure, to vacuum, to normal atmospheric pressure again, even in a short space of time like 10 seconds, wouldn't...

So i'm studying for my vert. phys. test and we're going over circulation. Our lecture notes say that an increase in blood resistance decreases blood flow (which i can understand) and it also increases blood pressure. This last part is what i have a problem with, because earlier in the lecture...

Hi, I'm friends with a couple whose infant daughter has Coat's disease and this disease can cause an increase in the intraocular pressure of the affected eye. Every few weeks the pressure is measured during a doctor visit, but I'm interested in knowing if there are any methods of monitoring the...

The nurse says its not very high and doesnt neccesitate treatment. What do the medical gurus on this forum opine?

The atmospheric pressure on Venus is 90 times that of Earth. Why? Venus and Earth are about the same size and mass. Venus is 82% of an Earth's mass and 86% of an Earth's volume. One expects (correctly) that the gravitational potential at the surface of both planets to be about the same. No help...

In my opinion this is a very encouraging sign that terrorists can be influenced by “people” and political pressure. I think many people (myself included) feel distasteful that we have for many years been dealing with these terrorists (or as one of the leaders of Sinn Finn has just described...

I read an article in the local newspaper today about preventing high blood pressure by lowering your salt intake. Now I am a veterinarian, and we get extensive education in animal physiology in veterinary school, or at least the one I attended. I have always heard that you could lower your...

Kyusho/Tuite (torite) Jutsu is the study and practice of using acupuncture points in combat. I realize that the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) model is considered woo-woo, but it gives us a very good roadmap to follow in order to gain the desired result. Paramount in kyusho/tuite jutsu are...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030904/ap_on_sc/geyser_guessing For those of you who haven't read Apocalypse: A History of Natural Disasters this was predicted....

In another thread, someone mentioned a symptom of high blood pressure. It's my understanding that the only symptom of high blood pressure is that one's blood pressure is high. However, I know several people that claim to be able to "sense" when their pressure is high. My mother-in-law...