Usually a bubble echo is looking for an opening between the top 2 chambers in the heart. During a regular echo, which is totally noninvasive, they inject some saline with a small amount of air into an IV. That is the only invasive part of the test. They then look at the screen and see where the bubbles go. In a negative study, they all go over to the left side of the heart. In a positive study, some don't go to the left side, indicating a possible connection or small hole in the heart. It is totally painless; I have had 2 done.
Officially Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him about 115 years old when he died in 1996. There is a lot of confusion about that because prior to J.K. giving an exact date for A.P.W.B.D.'s birth, she had mentioned in an interview that he was about 150.. Many readers took her at her word.
Boyzone singer Stephen Gately dies on holiday. Tributes from the world of pop music and beyond have poured in for the Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who died in Majorca yesterday. Gately, who was 33, died at his holiday home in Port Andratx, where he was staying with his civil partner, Andrew Cowles. Spanish police said there were no signs of suspicious circumstances. Gately joined Boyzone in 1993 after answering an advert in Dublin to audition for Ireland's first boyband.