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...clinic--some being carried on bicycles or in hammocks--often find patchy electricity, dirty water and few drugs or nurses. Explaining the task of reducing maternal deaths, Sierra Leone's Minister of Health, Saccoh Alex Kabia, who returned home last year after decades of working as a surgeon in Atlanta, says, "The whole health sector is in a shambles...
...report found that about 24% of the nationally representative sample of 1,961 women studied had symptoms of at least one pelvic-floor disorder, conditions that occur when the pelvic muscles and tissues are weakened or injured, according to Dr. Ingrid Nygaard, a urogynecologist and pelvic reconstructive surgeon at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City. The disorders reported in the JAMA study included incontinence and pelvic-organ prolapse, the result of pelvic muscles so weakened that they can't hold organs, such as the uterus, correctly in place. Of the women who reported any symptom...
...scariest letters in sports are ACL--as in an anterior cruciate ligament tear, probably the knee injury that ended quarterback Tom Brady's season on Sept. 7. But thanks to the marvels of modern sports medicine, the Pats' superstar should be dissecting defenses again in 2009. Ever since surgeon Frank Jobe revolutionized baseball in the 1970s with the pioneering elbow-repair technique now known as Tommy John surgery, doctors have been developing innovative ways to treat sports injuries. From managing concussions (some 300,000 annually in the U.S.; football players and female athletes are at higher risk) to 'scoping shoulders...
...medical expenditures can be directly attributed to obesity. And in an era where military recruitment is suffering from two very real wars on the ground, it’s truly depressing to note that the leading cause of early discharge from the armed forces is excess weight. Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona has even gone so far as to argue that the public health risks of obesity are as serious as those of weapons of mass destruction...
Even with a new President inclined to increase spending, throwing money at the problem isn't the answer. "There is no strategic plan," says former Senator Bill Frist, a heart and lung surgeon before he entered politics. Frist voted to double NIH funds in 1998 but wouldn't recommend it again without a better road map. There are numerous federal agencies that cover cancer, for instance, and less than complete coordination among them...