Tuesday, April 25, 2017

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Health

A Dry Side Effect

Dry mouth, also called xerostomia, is a frequent side effect of many commonly prescribed drugs.

Treat it by adjusting the drugs taken.

Talking might help.

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

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Magazine

New Sentences: From ‘Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File,’ by John Edgar Wideman

A question posed without a question mark becomes something else entirely.

As soon as you can is best.

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U.S.

With Executions in Balance, Supreme Court Grapples Over Role of Experts

An Alabama death row case, asking whether defendants who may be mentally ill are entitled to independent expert witnesses, also affects two executions Arkansas is hoping to carry out.

Arguments among experts are common.
Mental incompetence does not preclude opinions.
The defense should get its expert witnesses.

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Health

Fatal Malaria in the U.S. More Common Than Previously Known

Hospital data suggests that some immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, thinking they are still immune, do not take precautions on home visits.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2620631/

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Abstract

Naturally acquired immunity to falciparum malaria protects millions of people routinely exposed to Plasmodium falciparum infection from severe disease and death. There is no clear concept about how this protection works. There is no general agreement about the rate of onset of acquired immunity or what constitutes the key determinants of protection; much less is there a consensus regarding the mechanism(s) of protection. This review summarizes what is understood about naturally acquired and experimentally induced immunity against malaria with the help of evolving insights provided by biotechnology and places these insights in the context of historical, clinical, and epidemiological observations. We advocate that naturally acquired immunity should be appreciated as being virtually 100% effective against severe disease and death among heavily exposed adults. Even the immunity that occurs in exposed infants may exceed 90% effectiveness. The induction of an adult-like immune status among high-risk infants in sub-Saharan Africa would greatly diminish disease and death caused by P. falciparum. The mechanism of naturally acquired immunity that occurs among adults living in areas of hyper- to holoendemicity should be understood with a view toward duplicating such protection in infants and young children in areas of endemicity."

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Magazine

The Border Is All Around Us, and It’s Growing

Over the past century, it’s grown from an abstract notion into a sprawling system of barriers and rules — one that stretches far beyond the country’s perimeter.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44266

Gardens kill
Yet I would have some.
The earth
Once bound
is not its own.

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U.S.

Cabinet Officials Seem to Back Off Trump Vow to End Order on ‘Dreamers’

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly indicated that children of undocumented immigrants would not be targeted.

The order on the Dreamers is the most acceptable
compromise.

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Well

Sugary Drinks Tied to Accelerated Brain Aging

Drinking sugary beverages is associated with markers of accelerated aging and early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study reports.

"Fructose is toxic"

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World

Rwandans Carry On, Side by Side, Two Decades After Genocide

“Reconciliation villages” place homes for those convicted of carrying out the violence alongside those who suffered at their hands.

"Separate" does not lead to peace.

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The Learning Network

Questions for: ‘Scientists, Feeling Under Siege, March Against Trump Policies’

What did the event organizers say motivated them? What do they hope will result from the March for Science?

The Learning process requires support.
Scientists are specialists in worldly learning.

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U.S.

On This Block, Worries Run Deeper Than Flint’s Tainted Water

Yes, this Michigan city is being promised clean water. But residents have seen no relief from more entrenched, though less publicized, problems.

Flint Michigan is a zombi.
It is a dead city that has not been allowed to become a ghost town.




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