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For 8 days or so since last March, all the world's attention focused on China
and SARS as the coronavirus criss-crossed the globe, infecting more than 8,000
and killing nearly 800 along its path. But the greatest risk was faced by
doctors and health workers who not only exposed themselves to the virus but
became carriers as well.
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Laid on the Line
A considerable number of front-line health workers have contracted SARS from
their patients, writes Lucio Victor Jr. What went wrong, and what should
be done to protect them?. [More]
Stop. Look. Relax. Think.
Dr. Mediadora Saniel talks about how common sense, and not panic, is the
key to the containment of SARS. [More]
Around the World in Less Than 80 Days
A graphical representation of the route of conquest SARS followed in the past
few months. [More]
The Truth about Cats and SARS
There have been theories that SARS came from chickens, or from bioterrorist
weapons, or from outer space. But the coronavirus coming from the civet cat
seems to be the most likely scenario. [More]
Drug Racing
Given its novelty, SARS and the development of treatment protocols proved to be
a race with time-and a continuing challenge to the medical world. By Paul de
Guzman. [More]
Inside Job
Even if the hospital is a place for healing, asserts Dr. Sheila Alcantara,
the possibility of a patient acquiring infections inside is never distant. [More]
Seen in the ICU
Pseudomonas aeruginosa may be generally safe to healthy individuals, but
it poses a lethal risk to critical care patients. By Paul de Guzman. [More]
Breaking Out
While nosocomial outbreaks don't happen that often anymore, hospitals should
continue to be vigilant about the possibility of their happening again. By
Paul de Guzman. [More]
Docs in Sterile Armor
Proper hand washing, the religious promotion of aseptic techniques, correct
garbage disposal-Lucio Victor Jr. talks about what infection-control
committees have to do to ensure the safety of anybody who goes to a
hospital. [More]
If These Walls Could Talk...
...They'd say they also help fight germs. Michelle Ciriacruz talks about
the role wall paints and air-conditioning play in infection control. [More]
No Exit
How can
the safest places-home, school, local communities-be called safe when thousands
of Asian children die in them?. [More]
Not Harming
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Helping
What does
it take for an intensive care unit to be more humane? Dr. John Chan of
Pennsylvania's Regional Intenive Care Nursery provides one of the answers. [More]
The Kids are not All Right?
How safe
from infection are our kids in the nursery? Michelle Ciriacruz digs into
the issue. [More]
Tandem Therapy with Eprosartan
Prof.
Heinz Rupp of the University of Marburg in Germany talks about the "two
treatment principles in one substance" concept of hypertension management with
eprosartan. [More]
Progesterone Stops Abortion
Prof. Mazen Youself El-Zibdeh of the Islamic Hospital of Amman, Jordan
and Prof. Julia Szekeres-Bartho of the University of Hungary talk about
the power of progesterone to prevent abortions. [More]
Tailor Treament to the Patient
Dr. Matti Aapro of Switzerland's Clinique de Genolier-Institut
Multidisciplinaire d'Oncologie talks about the benefits of the taxane taxotere
to the treatment of nonsmall cell lung cancer. [More]
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