Word: physicians
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...live births. While working as a practical nurse and midwife in the poorest neighborhoods of New York City in the years before World War I, she saw women deprived of their health, sexuality and ability to care for children already born. Contraceptive information was so suppressed by clergy-influenced, physician-accepted laws that it was a criminal offense to send it through the mail. Yet the educated had access to such information and could use subterfuge to buy "French" products, which were really condoms and other barrier methods, and "feminine hygiene" products, which were really spermicides...
...suggestion that Diana could have been saved if she had been transported more quickly to a hospital completely ignores the French system of medical rescue, which relies on fully equipped ambulances manned by a medical team under the supervision of a physician. The technique of on-site treatment often saves the injured. Many victims cannot be moved immediately without endangering their lives. It is easy to say afterward that Diana should have been sent to the hospital right away. But when a team arrives on the scene, it is impossible in most cases to tell immediately which is the best...
Also, Mets right-hander Paul Wilson, who heard a pop in his pitching shoulder Sunday, was cleared to return to the mound by team physician Dr. David Altchek after an MRI showed no structural damage...
...discusses RSI (Repetitive Stress Injury). Harvard has a number of resources available to students dealing with this problem. Briefly, if a student experiences pain or numbness in his or her hand, wrist or arm while using a computer keyboard, the student should stop typing, and see a primary care physician at the University Health Services...
...physician will help determine the extent of the problem, and refer him or her to specialists if appropriate, including referrals to Harvard's Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC...