An evaluation of a bucket chlorination campaign during a cholera outbreak in rural Cameroon.

Bucket chlorination (where workers stationed at water sources manually add chlorine solution to recipients' water containers during collection) is a common emergency response intervention with little evidence to support its effectiveness in preventing waterborne disease. We evaluated a bucket chlorination intervention implemented during a cholera outbreak by visiting 234 recipients' homes across five intervention villages to conduct an unannounced survey and test stored household drinking water for free chlorine residual (FCR). Overall, 89 per cent of survey respondents reported receiving bucket chlorination, and 80 per cent reported receiving the intervention in the previous 24 hours.

Best Practices for Outpatient Anterior Cervical Surgery: Results From a Delphi Panel.

Study Design: Delphi Panel expert panel consensus and narrative literature review.

Objective: To obtain expert consensus on best practices for patient selection and perioperative decision making for outpatient anterior cervical surgery (anterior cervical disc fusion (ACDF) and cervical total disc replacement (CTDR)).

Summary Of Background Data: Spine surgery in ambulatory settings is becoming a preferred option for both patients and providers.

Medical education in South Carolina, 1905-2004, as reflected in The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association.

Medical education has from meager beginnings prospered in South Carolina through the past century, with most of the key advances being captured in The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association.

A pilot study of magnetic therapy for hot flashes after breast cancer.

The purpose of this randomized placebo-controlled crossover pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of magnetic therapy for hot flashes among breast cancer survivors. Participants completed a 24-hour baseline hot-flash monitoring session, wore the magnetic devices or placebo for 3 days, completed an after-treatment hot-flash monitoring session, experienced a 10-day washout period, and then crossed over to the opposite study arm. Magnetic devices and placebos were placed on 6 acupressure sites corresponding to hot-flash relief.