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Edits for the Refugee health in the United States article:

Additions for the "Special health considerations for refugees" section:

Lead poisoning

Lead poisoning is an important health issue for children all around the world. The prevalence of elevated blood lead levels (i.e., BLLs ≥ 10 µg/dL) among newly resettled refugee children is substantially higher than the 2.2% prevalence for US children. A 2001 Massachusetts study found as many as 27% of newly arrived refugee children with elevated BLLs, making refugees one of the highest risk groups. Refugees may be exposed to lead from a number of sources which can include: leaded gasoline, herbal remedies, cosmetics, spices that contain lead, cottage industries that use lead in an unsafe manner, and limited regulation of emissions from larger industries. The detrimental effects of lead on children may occur with no overt symptoms and blood lead testing is the only way to determine exposure or poisoning. Lead poisoning is typically treated by identifying the lead source, eliminating that source, and regularly receiving testing to ensure that blood lead levels are decreasing. For extremely high blood lead levels (i.e., BLLs ≥ 45 µg/dL), chelation therapy may recommended for refugee children. The CDC recommends lead testing for newly arrived refugee children younger than 16 years of age. Guidelines for testing vary among states, ranging from testing children younger than six years of age to the CDC age limits of testing those younger than 16 years of age.

Notes for class on 3/30

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines refugee as, "a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster," and defines migrant as, "a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions." Based on this definition of migrant, it seems strange that the Wikipedia page regarding this topic is officially named Migrant health in the United States instead of Refugee health in the United States, especially considering the first sentence of the article. It seems that the article is solely based on individuals who have refugee status and not individuals who are considered migrants. The OED defines health as, "the state of being free from illness or injury" and "a person's mental or physical condition." There is no OED definition for the topic "refugee health," but one could combine the definitions of health and refugee to formulate a meaning.

Editing lead section for the Swimming article

Swimming is an individual or team sport that involves using arms and legs to move the body through water. Typically, the sport takes place in pools or in open-water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, swimmers also take part in relays. Swimming each stroke requires specific techniques, and in competition, there are specific regulations concerning the acceptable form for different strokes. There are also rules put in place to regulate what types of swimsuits are allowed at competitions. Further, although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, there are multiple health benefits associated with the sport.

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Freshman Seminar: Johns Hopkins Medicine

New lead section of Welch's page:

William Henry Welch (April 8, 1850 – April 30, 1934) was an American physician, pathologist, bacteriologist, and medical school administrator. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was the first dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and was also the founder of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, the first school of public health in the country. Welch was more known for his cogent summations of current scientific work, than his own scientific research. The Johns Hopkins medical school library is also named after Welch. In his lifetime he was called "the Dean of American Medicine" and received various awards and honors throughout his lifetime, and posthumously.

- Took out this part of the paragraph because it seems unnecessary in the lead section, since the article is about Welch and not the "Big Four." The other members of the "Big Four" can be mentioned in the body of the article: "(The "Big Four", often called the "Four Horsemen", were William Osler, Professor of Medicine; William Stewart Halsted, Professor of Surgery;Howard A. Kelly, Professor of Gynecology; and William H. Welch, Professor of Pathology.)"

- Added an addition at the end of the last sentence about awards.

- Added "Johns Hopkins" before "medical school library" to be more specific and eliminate confusion.

- Added the sentence "Welch was more known for his cogent summations of current scientific work, than his own scientific research" in order to introduce his prominent medical contributions.