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...health intervention you can think of," says David Sack, an American doctor who is the ICDDR's executive director. Cheap; but nothing like as commonly available as it should be. Oral rehydration has saved the lives of more than 40 million children since it was first put to the test during a cholera outbreak among refugees on India's border with Bangladesh in 1971. But decades later, it remains grossly underused. The result, according to the World Health Organization (WHO): 3 million people a year still die from diarrheal complications, including 1.9 million children under...
...submit to the hijab or to an opaque, black shroud. On Sept. 10, 2001, I wrote a column in the Independent newspaper condemning the Taliban for using violence to force Afghan women into the burqa. It is happening again. In Iran, educated women who fail some sort of veil test are being imprisoned by their oppressors. Saudi women under their body sheets long to show themselves and share the world equally with men. Exiles who fled such practices to seek refuge in Europe now find the evil is following them. As a female lawyer from Saudi Arabia once said...
Speaking of questions and answers, people in charge of the Jeopardy! test, if you’re reading this, why no post-test e-mail? What is...because you know I’ll win your stupid College Tournament...
...HSPH professor, David M. Studdert said that “cognitive errors play a large role” in these types of medical errors. The study also recommended ways to improve the diagnostic process, suggesting that systems reducing reliance on doctor’s memory, such as electronic test result tracking systems, be implemented. Studdert also said that, in certain situations, physicians should consider consulting a specialist in a relevant field to assist with a diagnosis. While a patient’s wellness is primarily the doctor’s responsibility, “the patient’s role...
...nuclear test likely? I'm not sure. We are taking it very seriously...