Service for Handicapped Youth Needs Improvement Says Study
Washington report cites a new book and researchers from Yale and Rand Corp noting more than 9 million U S youth are handicapped and many receive inadequate or no services. They urge a unified federal prevention agency, expanded screening, immunization, prenatal and pediatric care, and broader educational and vocational supports.
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Washington
UPI
Garry D. Brewer
Yale University
James S. Kakalik
Rand Corp
Brewer and Kakalik
Americas New Women Doctors
A Parade feature highlights the rise of women doctors in American medicine. The piece profiles several female physicians, their training, and impact on clinics and communities across the nation.
Link Between Bottle Feeding and Infant Cholera Traced
U S researchers tracing a Bahrain cholera outbreak found 81 of the nearly 750 cases were infants under one year old. The study matched 42 infected babies with 42 controls and found bottle feeding with water mixing as the key difference from breast-fed infants who gain some immunity from their mothers milk. The Bahrain epidemic highlights risks of formula use amid rising formula promotion in the Middle East and debates on Westernization and style of feeding.
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Washington
World Health
Middle East
Bahrain
Third World
United States
World Health Organization
Persian Gulf
Asia
Ann Kimble
Kimble
Robert A. Gunn
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Gunn
Federal Office of International Health
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