Word: afraid
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...they are and what's important to them. When you talk to family members when a patient cannot participate in the conversation, it's even more difficult. If it was for themselves, they might say, "Gee, I don't want to go through that," but they are afraid to limit options for family members, and I can understand that. If a proxy knows that the patient always said, "This is how I want to live my life, this is how I want my life to end," they feel very much more comfortable in making those decisions. So I think...
...diarrhea deaths for previous years - but none in 2008 or 2009. "Since zinc arrived we have had no deaths from diarrhea," Traoré says. Cradling her 10-month-old son outside, Maimouna Bakayogo, 32, says she panicked when her baby developed stomach pains, diarrhea and fever. "I was really afraid," she says. "Then I remembered Moussa saying there was zinc in the village. I went to get some from him, and within one day I saw a big difference. The baby looked much better...
...toys that are supposed to make your baby smarter is a boondoggle. There's no evidence that any of those things make a difference. Children are learning the way that other people's minds work, which is much more important to learn than even letters and numbers. I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them...
What is raw-milk cheese and why are people afraid of it? Raw milk means unpasteurized. By law, raw-milk cheese must be aged for at least 60 days because it kills all the bad bacteria in the unpasteurized milk that might make people sick. After 60 days, it's safe. Raw-milk cheese has more vitamins and is better for you, but if you don't know about the 60-day rule you may think it's dangerous to eat. People want to be safe and they don't want to get sick. They know there...
...July, one of my cousins died in a village near [the Georgian capital of] Tbilisi and I couldn't go to the funeral because the border is still closed," says Fatima, who won't give her last name because she is afraid family she has in Georgia could face consequences if people found out they are related to South Ossetians. "Just yesterday I got an SMS from my aunt asking how the family is doing. We haven't seen them in more than a year. Keeping up family relations through text messages? Is that a way to live?" She adds...