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...very much appreciated Weisskopf's article and started to cry when I read about Specialist James Fair, the young man who suffered a brain injury, lost his eyesight and both hands. He weighs on my conscience because I have not reconciled myself to my responsibility for his injuries as an outspoken supporter of our liberation of Iraq. I have work to do on that, and it continues to keep me awake...
...earlier this year, and GlaxoSmith-Kline's Rotarix, approved in Europe in February. Like other vaccines, they work by provoking the development of antibodies that protect against future infection. Both are given orally. Clinical trials of both drugs have been encouraging. Evan Simpson, a public-health specialist at the Seattle-based Rotavirus Vaccine Program, says the new vaccines have the potential to reduce deaths from rotavirus-related diarrhea to 200,000 a year. As with oral rehydration treatment and zinc supplements, though, distribution remains a hurdle. "The rotavirus vaccine is a potential silver bullet," Simpson says, "but you've still...
...these types of medical errors. The study also recommended ways to improve the diagnostic process, suggesting that systems reducing reliance on doctor’s memory, such as electronic test result tracking systems, be implemented. Studdert also said that, in certain situations, physicians should consider consulting a specialist in a relevant field to assist with a diagnosis. While a patient’s wellness is primarily the doctor’s responsibility, “the patient’s role is critical,” Studdert added. Patients should be “active participants?...
...case of XanGo, "no published clinical trials [show] evidence that either the fruit or its juice is an effective treatment for arthritis, cancer or any other disorder in humans," writes Dr. Brent Bauer, the Mayo Clinic's alternative-medicine specialist. Mangosteens contain antioxidants called xanthones that have been shown to stop certain bacteria and fungi in lab tests. Yet independent-distributor sites claim the juice helps everything from Alzheimer's disease to kidney stones. XanGo's Morton concedes that wild claims are being made. "With 600,000 distributors, some stuff gets past our compliance [measures]," he says. "Overpromising and underdelivering...
...polarization grew particularly acute in the run-up to the recent presidential election, a bruising contest between the incumbent Arnold Rüütel, a grandfatherly former communist official who is 78 and fluent in Russian, and the challenger, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, a slick American-educated foreign-policy specialist who is 26 years Rüütel's junior and claims to speak for "the 65% of Estonians who are pro-Western and forward looking." Ilves narrowly won the vote, by electoral college. But a bigger challenge for Estonia's future may be the past. The nation still nurses deep...