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...turned out they had all contracted a lethal, bloody form of diarrhea...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lab Mice Point to Diarrhea Cause | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...then there are the manifold physical horrors: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of RWIs (recreational water illnesses), which sounds like an airport code but is actually a euphemism for diarrhea from swallowed pool water. Insurance companies will no longer insure diving boards because of spinal injuries. Our pool came with no fewer than two dozen warning stickers to affix in and around it, so you feel as though you're swimming in a carton of Marlboros...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off the Deep End | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...smell, settling at my feet as I read my child a bedtime story, panting by my knee as I cook my daughter's dinner. Dog lovers would call it unconditional love. They're wrong. A dog's love comes with a lengthy prenup: vet bills when it gets diarrhea; peroxide baths when it gets skunked; low-carb kibble when it gets old and fat. Through rich and poor, sickness and health, waning affection and growing annoyance, he is my dog, and I am his person. And when he turns his googly-eyed gaze up at me, it's clear that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Demoting the Dog | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...ensuring that children receive their basic immunizations during their first five years of life. The Ministry of Health and Population reports that 97% of infants today are vaccinated against tuberculosis, pertussis, polio, measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Polio, once considered endemic in Egypt, is now largely absent. And campaigns against diarrhea-related diseases have been very effective, using television to reach the most remote rural areas with simple advice on combating diarrhea and dehydration. "This national campaign targeting specific causes of infant mortality was highly effective and was globally recognized," says Magdi El Sanadi, UNICEF Egypt's Health and Nutrition Project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt Leads in Cutting Infant Deaths | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...International organizations such as UNICEF and USAID, as well as other foreign and local nonprofit organizations, have been working closely with health officials to assist in implementing the National Child Survival Program, which focuses on eradicating diarrhea-related diseases, promoting immunization and combating respiratory diseases such as pneumonia and bronchitis. And improvements in health services aimed at mothers also ensure that many more children grow up with their mothers on hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt Leads in Cutting Infant Deaths | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

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