What Is Lorazepam And What Does It Treat? Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine. It is approved for the treatment of anxiety, status epilepticus (continuous seizures), and as a medication given right before anesthesia. However, benzodiazepines are also commonly used to treat difficulty sleeping and alcohol withdrawal.
Compact Disk of James Russel. The first workable digital compact disc device, the precursor on now ubiquitous CD/DVDs, was invented in the late 1960s by the American physicist James Russell. James T. Russell was born in Bremerton, Washington in 1931. In 1953, Russell earned his Bachelor degree in physics and graduated from Reed College in Portland.
CD ROMs, which are computer disk drives for computers, were first made in the year 1985. Writable or recordable CDs came later, in 1988. These, with the help of CD recording devices, let users make their own CDs, which they could then play on CD players. On a not so promising note, CD players are fast losing out on popularity, thanks to new digital innovations like the MP3 player.