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Your article "The Friedan Mystique," reporting on Betty Friedan's new memoir Life So Far [BOOKS, May 1], said her "public life took a private toll." What was omitted in your article and her book was the private toll her life took on the people around her. No one can deny that nearly single-handedly Betty Friedan changed the world. That's history. But her rewriting of her personal relationships with her family cannot go unchallenged. She claims in her book to have been abused by me, a charge that your article reported, and I refuted. She was never abused...
...Ontario proves, there are other ways E. coli can foist itself on humans: Contaminated water, for example. Friday, Walkerton police launched a criminal probe into the cause of the local epidemic, which is blamed thus far for 5 deaths and hundreds of cases of illness. Doctors worry the death toll has not yet peaked; several infected children are on dialysis and in extremely critical condition. The bacteria, which travels through the digestive system when ingested, can cause severe vomiting, diarrhea, bloody stools and kidney failure, and in the most severe cases, death. As with many illnesses, children and the elderly...
...seem to view their oral health with the same urgency, says Dr. Marjorie Jeffcoat, Rosen Professor at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry and a coauthor of the report. And while missing a few dentist appointments isn't likely to kill anyone, years of neglect could take their toll - in ways most people might not expect. "We are beginning to see information suggesting that chronic infection in your mouth may increase your risk for conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease to pre-term births," says Dr. Jeffcoat...
Remember also to limit your time outdoors between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the sun's rays are strongest, and to wear enough clothes to cover your body comfortably. That bronzed glow may look good now, but it takes a toll on your skin that you will pay for the rest of your life...
...contrast, China, which did much better than India in several respects, such as the spread of basic education and health care, had the largest famine in recorded history in 1959-62, with a death toll that has been estimated at 30 million. Right now, the three countries with continuing famines are also in the grip of authoritarian and military rule: North Korea, Ethiopia and Sudan...