Immigrant Sanctuary or Danger

Danger and Dignity: Immigrant Day Laborers and Occupational Risk.

The plight of immigrant workers in the United States has captured significant scholarly attention in recent years. Despite the prevalence of discourses regarding this population, one set of issues has received relatively little attention: immigrant workers' exposure to unhealthy and unsafe working conditions, and their corresponding susceptibility to workplace injuries and illnesses. Researcher...

Traditional medicines--no clear or present danger.

Infant walkers: developmental tool or inherent danger.

This study investigated the influence of pre-walking practice in an infant walker on the onset time of independent walking. 15 pairs of twins were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Only the experimental group was exposed to an infant walker. This group spent a minimum of 1 hr. per day in an infant walker from 4 mo. of age until the onset of bipedal locomotion. The infants i...

Bee sanctuary

The mysterious disappearance of entire bee colonies, known as colony collapse disorder or CCD, has mystified researchers for a couple of years now (see Curr. Biol. 17, R389). It was first observed in the US, where highly industrialised bee-keeping practices mean that colonies are shipped across the continent to work large areas of a single crop. But whether this stress or other factors are resp...

The immigrant, refugee, or internationally adopted child.

After completing this article, readers should be able to: 1. Describe the variety of backgrounds of immigrant children. 2. Delineate which groups of immigrant children have high rates of unaddressed health issues. 3. List the major health-care issues for immigrant children. 4. Characterize the screening that should be performed at the point of immigration for children. 5. Characterize medical, ...