Letter from Zambia 'Naught for your comfort'

Letter from Zambia 'Naught for your comfort'.

From the privileged position of the academic, removed from the harsher realities of clinical medicine, it is difficult fully to appreciate the health problems of Zambia. The elderly white person, like me-for life expectancy for men is under 50-can still 'enjoy' a somewhat colonial lifestyle with servants, clubs and High Commission. The poor of Lusaka are kept at bay by barbed wire, 24 hour secu...

Breaking out of your comfort zone!

The human thermoneutral and thermal comfort zones: Thermal comfort in your own skin blood flow

Human thermoregulation is achieved via autonomic and behavioral responses. Autonomic responses involve 2 synchronous 'components'. One counteracts large thermal perturbations, eliciting robust heat loss or gain (i.e., sweating or shivering). The other fends off smaller insults, relying solely on changes in sensible heat exchange (i.e., skin blood flow). This sensible component occurs within the...

How to write an effective letter to your legislator.

My name is Susie Jones, and I live at 123 Main Street in Cedar Rapids. (Tell him or her right away who you are and that you are a constituent.) My husband and I voted for you in the last election (attend your church, etc. – something that connects you to them, if possible), and we especially appreciate your support of last year’s PALs bill to support youth exiting foster care. (Be sure to thank...

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