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...health care. The interesting thing is that it was the relatively inexperienced Barnard who made history in the new field. He beat to the punch--and undercut--more systematic and more disciplined scientists and surgeons of the time. Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford University (who was my mentor) had patiently and with great rigor made a decade of systematic research by writing papers, teaching others and working through the challenges of the procedure. Barnard, who watched some of these procedures being carried out when he trained in the U.S., went back to South Africa and--with very little background...
...their first town, Umm Qasr, and the American flag was reflexively raised in triumph, it was quickly hauled down. In the early hours of Operation Iraqi Freedom, its diplomacy was as stunning as its precision: from the reluctance to use maximum force for the first few nights to the patient efforts to secure a mass surrender to the decision--even after the awesome bombing began--to leave the electricity in Baghdad untouched and the public infrastructure intact. Donald Rumsfeld at war seems far more tactful than Donald Rumsfeld in peace...
...bill makes no exception for preserving the health of the pregnant woman and thereby undermines doctors’ professional integrity—denying them the freedom to determine the safest procedure for a patient. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has called the legislation “inappropriate, ill-advised, and dangerous.” While abortion remains a touchy issue for many people, the pending legislation is troublesome because it neglects concerns for the mother’s health and prosecutes doctors who act in the best health interest of their patients...
...sleek-looking, 88-bed, for-profit hospital, which opened in February, uses more than 650 computer stations made by GE Medical Systems to store records, test data and diagnostic images. Bedside terminals are intended to make patient care swifter and more customized--and safer, with mandatory bar-code scanning to cut the chance of a drug mix-up. Of course, the "paperless office" has been touted for years and has seldom materialized. But the hospital says its goals will be met if it can boost productivity...
...Beyond buoying his forces, the speech also held a message for the international community. Saddam said that he had tried to avert the war, even though his efforts may have been taken by some as a sign of weakness. He then called on Iraqis to be strong and patient and vowed that God would grant them victory. He saluted "the people of the tribes, Saddam's fedayeen (commanded by his son Uday), the men of the national security and the men of the armed forces" for their roles in the fighting...