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...Others fear that healthy elderly people will feel pressure to end their lives, to avoid becoming a burden to their families, and that the kit will lead to a spike in suicides. But Nitschke argues that access to a test reduces anxiety among those who want to know they have a peaceful way out of life should they ever need it - even if they never will. By helping them worry less, the kits, he says, may boost the quality, and length, of a person's life. "That's reassuring and empowering, and it also gives them cause to stop...
...course, making a few changes in room reservation policies is one thing; comprehensive institutional change is another. Every House should have a tutor, student, or administrator who is charged with bridging the gap between the SCR and its residents. The burden falls upon those who administer the SCR to establish meaningful links between its members and the student population. At the very least, House administrators should make it easier for students to reach out on their own, either through the House website or through their resident tutor...
...World Bank announced this week that while China's growing economy had lifted a half billion people out of poverty from 1981 to 2004, medical costs remained one of the top financial threats to low-income rural residents. With that burden in mind, Beijing has said it will spend $125 billion over the next three years building thousands of clinics and hospitals and expanding basic health care coverage to 90% of the population. "This commitment to improve equitable access to essential health care for all in China is quite important," says Sarah Barber, a China-based World Health Organization expert...
...government has warned that it doesn't expect to provide "safe, effective, convenient and affordable" health care to all citizens until 2020. Over the first three years of the plan, more than 60% of the costs will be borne by provincial and local governments. That burden will increase after 2011, meaning poorer western regions may be slower to achieve the blueprint's goals. "Health care reform is a long-term process," deputy finance minister Wang Jun told a news conference April 8. "It is impossible to invest the money today and make tangible process tomorrow...
...most people, fat is a burden. It doesn't really matter whether it appears as cellulite on our thighs or cholesterol in our veins - we just don't want...