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...getting the attention it deserves," says Wandee Varavithya, a doctor who has treated diarrheal diseases for nearly 40 years in Thailand. That needs to change. Most cases of diarrhea can be traced to food or water tainted by 100 or so intestinal bugs, most commonly rotavirus, E. coli, shigella, campylobacter and salmonella. Thumb sucking doesn't help; it can lead to what doctors call fecal-oral contamination. "Toddlers will always pick up things and put them into their mouths and, if you don't have a clean environment, that can lead to diarrhea," says Therese Dooley, until recently a unicef...
...children under 5 every year due to diarrheal diseases. According to WHO, about two-thirds of these (1.3 million) occur in the 15 countries in Asia and Africa. Causes About 100 intestinal bugs can trigger diarrhea. In developing countries, as in the rest of the world, rotavirus and E. coli are the most common causes of hospitalization due to diarrhea in children...
Signs on salad bars from Pfoho to Mather explaining Harvard’s curious lack of roughage are putting a damper on the otherwise exquisite, or at least generally non-lethal, Harvard College dining experience. An E. coli outbreak traced to California bagged spinach has caused one known death, is suspected of causing two others, and has made people sick from New Mexico to Maine. No E. coli cases have been reported in Massachusetts. But when dealing with the possibility of a gastrointestinal illness marked by such symptoms as bloody diarrhea, cramping, and, um, death, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS...
...still can't do without your spinach, cook it. E. coli 0157 on fresh produce can be killed by heating at 160 F for at least 15 seconds...
...frozen spinach appears to be safe. It's been cooked, and is often cooked again after thawing, so should be unaffected by the current E. coli 0157 outbreak...