Kids pain in children underassessed and undertreated
Dr Kathleen Foley of Memorial Cancer Center in New York urges better pain management for children with cancer and cites WHO guidelines to improve access to treatment. Swedish chief Dan Stjerneward warns of widespread suffering, noting dire nurse shortages in East Africa and the gap between care needs and resources.
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Kathleen M. Foley
Memorial Cancer Center
New York
Haley
Heal Care Eatin
Foley
Dan Stjerneward
Aeot Iste
Geneva
Switzerland
Stjerneward
East Africa
Toddlers at risk from botched car seats study findings
CHICAGO AP Toddlers are injured in crashes at higher rates than infants due to improper safety seat use and increased crash involvement. Two year olds show 43 percent more crashes and one third less restraint. 14-year-olds have the highest injury rate at 8.5 per 1000. Study covers 1991 1992 data with 2.3 million child crashes. optimal restraint could prevent about 100000 injuries annually.
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Chicago
Carden Johnston
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Harborview
Johnston
Rifkin given life in first murder case
Joel Rifkin was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Tiffany Bresciani after a body was found in the back of his pickup. Relatives of suspected victims attended as Nassau County Judge Ira Wexner imposed 25 years to life for murder plus two and one third years for reckless endangerment.
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Mineola
N.Y
Joel Rifkin
Rifkin
Nassau County
Ira Wexner
Tiffany Bresciani
Detroit Woman Convicted of Killing Soldier Husband
A Detroit woman, Toni Cato Riggs, was found guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for killing her soldier husband for life insurance soon after he returned from the Gulf War. Her brother, Anthony Ricato Riggs, already serves life without parole for the March 1991 shooting.
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Detroit
Toni Cato Riggs
Detroit Recorder's Court
Army Spc
Anthony Ri Cato Riggs
Trains Collide In Nebraska Chain Reaction, 2 Killed
In Thedford Nebraska a three train pileup along a double track left two crew members dead and two injured. An eastbound Burlington Northern freight slammed into a halted train ahead, according to railroad spokeswoman Susan Green.
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Thedford
Neb
Burlington Northern Railroad
Susan Green
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