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What made you take a stand against your government? My father, a doctor who witnessed the Japanese occupation during World War II, made sure I grew up with a strong sense of social responsibility. He liked to read us the newspaper while we ate dinner, and when I was just six or seven years old, he'd include me in discussions of current events. Also, I've never been able to stomach telling lies...
...KILLED. MARTHA MYERS, 57, WILLIAM KOEHN, 60 and KATHLEEN GARIETY, 53, U.S. doctor and administrators, respectively, who ran a Baptist mission hospital in a tiny town about 160 kilometers south of Yemen's capital, Sana; by a lone gunman described by Yemeni officials as an "Islamic extremist"; in Jibla, Yemen. A revered figure in the town, Myers and her staff treated some 40,000 patients a year...
There are, to be sure, some exceptions. A doctor might favor an ACE inhibitor over a diuretic, for example, when treating a diabetic patient with kidney disease, since ACE inhibitors help prevent renal failure. But all other things being equal, diuretics should be the first-line medical treatment--that is, if eating better and exercising more aren't enough to bring down your blood pressure on their...
...couldn't get out of bed. I thought it was Lyme disease, but instead I got the news that it was rheumatoid arthritis. I was 26, and I felt as if my life had been taken away from me--I would never run again. But I found a great doctor who prescribed a life-changing drug and yoga. I still don't know which remedy works best, but I am definitely a much stronger person inside and out. And I have an excuse not to wear high heels. TANYA KELLER New York City...
...checked themselves back into hospitals, complaining of respiratory, kidney, liver and partial-paralysis problems. "Eventually, they will all need very elaborate treatment," says a physician. The government paid each of the victims $3,000 in compensation, but that won't cover the expensive treatments these people will need, this doctor says. "They were never told, and still don't realize, how badly their health is ruined." One group of victims is suing the city of Moscow for $7.5 million in health damages or compensation for the loss of the sole provider in the family...