Until recently, the burden of safety was put on the worker, with urgings to be careful. Most experts now say that, in a dangerous occupation, even the most cautious operator runs too high a risk. Many bosses ignore safety problems because they see the costs of workers’ protection cutting into profits.
In Los Angeles, former District [...]

Chemical poisoning
Food may be accidentally contaminated by poisonous chemicals. Lead poisoning can occur if food is exposed to dust containing lead or if food is kept in containers made with solders, alloys, or enamel containing lead.
Zinc, an essential mineral element, is toxic in excessive amounts. Illness was reported in a group of people who drank [...]

Treatment

1. Anti-lice shampoos are available from the chemist without a prescription. (They contain either malathion or pyriform as the active ingredient.) Pour the recommended amount onto dry hair and add enough warm water to form a lather. Shampoo the scalp and hair for several minutes and rinse thoroughly. Repeat this process in another week to [...]

Feelings of not being able to cope are common to many parents, irrespective of age, experience, support systems, or feelings about the pregnancy. They mainly affect the primary care-giver, who is often the mother. There is considerable physical stress during the birth and afterwards — the physical tiredness is real, not imagined. Inevitably, the reality [...]

YOUR MARITAL HEALTH/GETTING FIXED UP SEXUALLY: THE L.O. V.E. TECHNIQUE

This is the Zisten, observe, verify, and emphasize technique. As you begin your super marital sex program, a key rule is never, but never, to respond to a feeling statement from your spouse without first reiterating that statement. Below are examples of the experiences of various [...]

Earlier in this chapter, I mentioned the idea of “sexual cybernetics,” of getting in touch with the natural flow of your marital and sexual system. You have made some tapes and started the process of system enhancement in Chapter One’s opportunity. Now try this next step toward super marital sex.

Reverse everything you can [...]

Secondary infection with bacteria can occur and have the appearance of impetigo or school sores, with weeping and crusting.

Scaly patches which look like eczema may also develop.

The scabies mite may cause such a rash and this may not be easily diagnosed. As scabies was rarely seen for many years, many doctors had never seen a [...]

The foods to avoid are banana skins, broad beans, cheese (particularly mature cheese), some red wines, beer, mature protein foods such as fish and meat which are cured and meat, vegetable and yeast extracts, chocolate, yogurt, sour cream, strawberries and avocado.

Stimulant drugs such as adrenalin, present in the local anaesthetic used by dentists, and the [...]

This condition is more common as the age of the mother increases but recent research would indicate that it may also increase as the father’s age increases.

Children who have this condition have been called mongols because their typical appearance is similar to those who belong to the mongol race. However, the abnormality is generalised, affecting [...]

During a recent five-month period, the Journal of the American Medical Association (253:2843) reports, six children in a Texas rural community were affected by a rather rare lymph node cancer, known as Burkitt’s tumor. Usually fatal, this tumor first appears in the neck, jaws or throat of its victims, but later spreads throughout the body.

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