As a religion based on the teaching of Jesus Christ, from the outset Christianity has developed a completely different attitude toward health and illness than the Old Testament. Health and illness are now viewed through the eyes of Jesus Christ the redeemer, who accepted each and every man. The history of Christianity has had its episodes of masochistic attitude toward illness, but today it cle...

lion recipients were reported; the next day, after noting that only 200,000 additional persons had received vaccine, the total swelled to 4.4 million (9). These data reflect the difficulties intrinsic to managing such a massive program. The discrepancy may simply be a case of not adding columns of numbers in a systematic way; however, the fuzzy numbers do have a certain appeal to the modern, mo...

Since 2010, China has been grappling with the consequences of the end of the miracle growth era. Economic conditions are changing extremely rapidly. It is obvious that the potential growth rate has been declining for several years, but the associated changes flowing through the economy are complex. The challenge for policymakers is to respond to these dynamic and multidimensional changes, helpi...