December 30, 2010
since October 22, 2010, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated 62,000 people with cholera symptoms in Haiti. This week, MSF's 4,000 Haitian staff and 315 international employees treated close to 2,000 patients each day in the 47 centers and cholera treatment units it has established across the country. MSF has treated more than [...]
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December 30, 2010
“Fat is not the problem,” says Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. “If Americans could eliminate sugary beverages, potatoes, white bread, pasta, white rice and sugary snacks, we would wipe out almost all the problems we have with weight and diabetes and other metabolic diseases.” [...]
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