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Vacationing doctors Ryan Forbess and Mohammad Ali intervened after a shark attack on a beach in Florida, providing critical medical assistance to a 15-year-old girl named Lulu who suffered severe injuries. The doctors, along with other medical professionals present, applied tourniquets and provided emergency care until EMTs arrived. Lulu survived the attack and expressed gratitude for the doctors' help, showcasing resilience and a positive outlook on her recovery. The incident highlighted the rarity of shark attacks and the unpredictable nature of such events, emphasizing the importance of quick and effective medical response in emergencies. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on Li Chunyan, who set up a medical clinic in rural China. Background on the "barefoot doctor" who graduated from a three-year nursing-school program; Location of the hamlet in the Guizhou province; Efforts to recruit more barefoot doctors for villages in the county of Congjiang; Family, educational, and social background on Li Chunyan; Information about China's economic policy and Mao Zedong.

The article reports on the adoption of Mississippi to the rural health care model of Iran. It states that the rural Iranians have been able to seek treatment at health houses, informal sites set up in small communities as the first stop for medical care and staffed by citizens which focused in preventive care. Moreover, the argument of James Miller, managing director of Oxford International Development Group consulting firm, to pursue the adoption of rural health care is also discussed.

The Senate, by voice vote, confirmed Dr. Regina Benjamin as the nation's surgeon general amid a national emergency over the swine flu outbreak. Earlier in the day, the majority leader, Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, had taken to the floor to complain that Republicans were holding up her nomination over an unrelated dispute. Dr. Benjamin is well known for founding the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala., and for keeping that clinic running during two hurricanes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In Washington, the Obama administration is promising to spend billions to make health care more efficient, but Jennifer Brull, a family doctor in rural Kansas, is already a step or two ahead. A year ago, she switched her 3,000 patients from paper charts to electronic health records, a core feature of most plans for healing the nation's ailing health system. Now, working with computers and printouts, her staff of part-time nurses and shared front-office workers has more time to help her meet the needs of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on rural medicine education. Doctor Bruce Dublin, vice dean of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), stated that many medical schools consider students trained for rural medicine if the school itself is located in a rural area or if the students do a brief rotation through a rural area. Doctor John Bowling, assistant dean for rural medicine and an associate professor in the department of family medicine at TCOM, students are required to spend time throughout their medical school experience at rural sites.

Discusses efforts in the global race to expand drug treatment for AIDS in dozens of poor countries. Focus on Haiti and enlisting the help of unemployed Haitians to cover rural territory; Development of the program by Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard medical professor and anthropologist; Boston-based nonprofit group Partners in Health which has become an influential model; Upcoming activities by the World Bank and the United States Congress.

Reports that physicians practicing in rural Arizona will help with a summer 2000 mentoring program involving second-year medical students with their practices. Physicians' role as rural faculty members in the University of Arizona College of Medicine's Rural Health Professions Program; Encouragement of medical school graduates to practice in rural communities; Selection of medical students for the program.