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That can't be the whole answer, of course, since plenty of Americans take showers without getting sick. Studies show that nearly half of NTM patients are also genetically predisposed to lung infections. Some have inherited one of the genes for cystic fibrosis. Others have a defective alpha-1 anti-trypsin gene, a condition that has been linked to a high risk of emphysema. Perhaps it is a combination of bad genes and bad luck that is making people sick...
Finally, the daughter used a tested tactic in such parent-child standoffs: bring in a trusted third party--a sibling, friend, doctor, lawyer or priest--to speak with the balky parent. In this case the daughter asked the facility's doctor to help. He told the sick woman that the facility had to send someone every day to supervise her medication; otherwise it would feel obliged to move her to its assisted-living section. "It was put to her as a choice," her daughter explains. "Finally she agreed...
...murder capital of the Philippines. During the 21-year rule of strongman Ferdinand Marcos, the military spared neither the rod nor the gun to battle a spate of insurgencies, including one by the communist New People's Army (NPA). By the end of Marcos' reign, many in Mindanao were sick of the government and sided with the NPA?even when it sent hit squads, called "Sparrow Units," to assassinate policemen and soldiers in Davao. But the Sparrows got cocky and started bumping off suspected informants and civilians. As a counter, a vigilante group called Alsa Masa emerged...
...Mokhtar associates acknowledge that he has been given some "sick babies," as one puts it. "But when you are a businessman you have to grab all the opportunities that come your way," explains another. Mokhtar has certainly done that. But will he be able to prevent the less desirable opportunities from turning into a new generation of debt-ridden corporations that may someday require costly bailouts? "All the talk of transparency and governance has raised expectations very high," says the CEO of a listed corporation. If the specter of cronyism appears to be returning, he warns,"it would have...
...Varanasi, ministering to the dead is a way of life. Situated on the banks of the holy Ganges River, the ancient city is not only a place of pilgrimage but an auspicious place to die. The elderly and the sick arrive from across India to pass their final days praying at the river, in ashrams or on the street, knowing that dying on the banks of the Ganges will speed them through the cycle of rebirths to moksha, or liberation of the soul. Those who don't die in Varanasi desire to be cremated there, or have their ashes scattered...