Word: diarrheas
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...sleeping on the floor." Nowhere is the agony more visible than in the hospitals, where doctors complain about shortages of basic drugs and syringes. At a children's hospital outside the city of Karbala, southwest of Baghdad, the sweltering, fly-infested wards are jammed with youngsters suffering from diarrhea and dehydration. "I've already lost two children, and now I am about to lose another one," said a young mother with tears rolling down her cheeks. A driver in Baghdad told a similar story about the deaths of a sister and a three-year-old daughter. "We had no money...
Samoan healers concoct poultices and infusions from the leaves, bark and roots of local plants, using them for conditions that range from high fever to appendicitis. Among them are root of 'Ago (Curcuma longa) for rashes, leaves of the kuava tree (Psidium guajava) for diarrhea, and the bark of vavae (Ceiba pentandra) for asthma. Virtually all the healers are women who learned their art from their mothers, who in turn learned it from their mothers. Now knowledge of the recipes and their administration, even the location of the plants in the forests, is endangered as more and more daughters forgo...
Shaman is beginning to prove the point, having identified more than 3,000 possible sources of new drugs while sampling about 100 plants each year. The company's first product, Provir, is an extract of plant material used to combat acute diarrhea in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Currently in Phase 2 clinical trials, it could be on the market in as little as three years. A topical ointment for herpes infection and an oral antifungal agent are also in the pipeline...
...their bodies stunted, their arms like twigs, folds of skin hanging from rib cages, eyes vacant and staring with hunger. Orphanages are filling up with children whose families can no longer feed them; unwanted newborns never leave the hospital of their birth. The little ones are dangerously vulnerable to diarrhea, pneumonia, measles. Sometimes elderly women collapse, exhausted, by the roadside. Many of the aged are too weak to leave home...
...burgers are still on store shelves, but says you should check your freezer for 48-ounce packages with the code 156A7, three-pounders (156B7) and 15-pound boxes (155B7). Especially dangerous to children, the elderly and people with weak immune systems, E.Coli can cause dehydration and diarrhea. I'll just have a salad, thanks...