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...emerges, there may be another dimension to Gus' story and certainly to the horrors of Abu Ghraib. In what amounted to a perversion of the traditional doctor's creed of "first, do no harm," the medical system at the prison became an instrument of abuse, by design and by neglect. As uncovered by legal scholars M. Gregg Bloche and Jonathan Marks, who conducted an inquiry published by the New England Journal of Medicine, not only were some military doctors at Abu Ghraib enlisted to help inflict distress on the prisoners, but also the scarcity of basic medical care...
DIED. BRANDT STEELE, 97, pioneering psychiatrist who with pediatrician Henry Kempe coined the term battered-child syndrome in 1962; in Denver. The pair also first documented that parents who hurt children were often themselves childhood victims of abuse and neglect...
Bili lies in Congo's far north, about 120 miles east of the Ebola River, where deep tropical forest breaks up into patches of savanna. Civil war and neglect have left the region nearly untouched by man. Overgrown dirt roads with bridges of rough-hewn logs string together thatched-roofed villages. Nearly all freight is carried in by bicycle. Locals hunt with homemade shotguns and crossbows seemingly modeled on 16th century Portuguese design. "This area is the last part of Africa where there are still wild animals," says Pontier, who grew up in the region. "It's not a game...
DIED. JACK NEWFIELD, 66, award-winning author and investigative reporter for New York City's pioneering alternative weekly the Village Voice and other publications; of kidney cancer; in New York City. A crusader for victims of nursing-home neglect and lead poisoning, he helped bring about the conviction of numerous city political leaders for corruption and exposed abuses of power in his annual "10 Worst" lists of judges and landlords...
...called rescue drugs--are intended for acute attacks. If your child needs the inhaler more than twice a week, you may be doing something wrong. Daily medications like corticosteroids to reduce inflammation and bronchodilators to control constriction help prevent attacks. Those are the drugs that parents tend to neglect since they don't act immediately and it's therefore tougher to appreciate their benefits...