Sentences with phrase «person by needle»

Until recently, the only ways to test that hypothesis were to measure tau in brain tissue after a person died, or in a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) extracted from a living person by needle.

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Likewise, if you are hiring an executive or C - level person, ask how they will move the needle of their function by 10X.

By staying small, I had to thread the needle of finding some bigger, but not too big, checks from family offices and high net worth individuals — all people who don't put themselves out there and who aren't necessarily staffed to take a lot of inbound.

As the tips of my needles loop through the strand of yarn, I wonder about the first person who realized that this series of knots could be made by needles and would hold together.

But the «opinions of people like me» changed opinions by just 6.2 %, while a general poll saying that a majority of people favored one side or the other moved the needle by 8.1 %.

The path from pills to needles has meant that U.S. deaths from heroin have increased by a factor of five since 2010, topping 15,000 people in 2016.

The virus was being transmitted by people sharing needles to inject a prescription painkiller.

Unprotected sex between men remains the most common method of transmission, followed by sharing contaminated needles or having sex with people who fall into either of those categories.

And when he was judged by the Delphic oracle to be the wisest man in Greece, this must have needled the ignoramuses in Athens a lot — I mean the people who liked displaying what they took to be their intelligence.

In any case, most people have a choice of getting the flu vaccine by injection or nasal spray, so fear of needles is typically no excuse, Rakita says.

Common skin - prick tests, in which a person is scratched by a needle coated with proteins from a suspect food, produce signs of irritation 50 to 60 percent of the time even when the person is not actually allergic.

The bleeding disorder affects people throughout the world, but global accessibility to therapy is limited by cost, the need for trained medical personnel and possible complications associated with needle - based drug administration.

In most of the cases, people get infected with hepatitis C by sharing unsterilised needles when injecting drugs, but the infection can also be spread by sharing razors and toothbrushes and occasionally even through unprotected sex.

In fact I pissed a lot of you guys off when I posted a picture of me with a vein being punctured by a needle for vitamins and some people thought it had something to do with drug use.

Still, many people swear by acupuncture, and there's really no downside to giving it a try — unless you're scared of needles.

This tree was used extensively by Native Americans to protect them from scurvy, as it contains considerable vitamin C. Even today, people stuff their mattresses with dried out pine needles to ward off fleas and lice.

The bottom line if we want to continue moving the needle on educational choice is that legislators need to hear from people close to them — friends, neighbors, colleagues — who want more schooling options as well as those who've been helped by choice programs.

He does a nice job with the emotions of the people who are expressing their disappointment with Henry, and in issue # 2, when Paragon is interrupted by other heroes who needle him about giving him help, Stockman does a good job showing how the pressure is wearing on the hero.

The Needle and The Milkmaid is a two - person show at New York's SAPAR Contemporary gallery, featuring new works by John Bisbee and Anna Schuleit Haber — artists who have admired each other's work for years.

But by applying a bold design strategy to the work of the nation's third largest transit agency, Metro's 20 - person in - house studio team is moving the needle, fostering big change, and earning major design kudos along the way.

Locating the necessary paperwork to lay a claim on the assets of a deceased person usually involves going into someone's house and rummaging through their things — a process agreed by probate professionals as akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

No - exam term life insurance is ideal for truck drivers, executives who are on the go, world travelers, and people who would rather avoid getting poked by a needle.