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Drylands are not the same as badlands
Drylands, where 38 percent of the world's population lives, can be protected from the irreversible damage of desertification if local residents and managers at all levels would follow basic sustainability principles, according to a panel of experts writing in the May 11 issue of the journal Science. view more (2007-05-11)
'Arid aquaculture' among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world's drylands
"Arid aquaculture" using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective potential alternative livelihood for people living in desertified parts of the world's expanding drylands. view more (2008-11-11)
Benefit of public defibrillators is marginal
Making defibrillators widely available in public places such as airports and shopping centres is not justified by the marginal improvement in survival, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in Scotland used records of all out of hospital cardiac arrests due to heart disease from 1991-1998 to estimate the potential impact of public access... view more... (2002-09-04)
Measuring the brain's 'rich switch'
Economists have postulated that people's perception of the value of financial gains decreases as they become richer, but scientists have not really been able to measure this change in "marginal utility" in the laboratory"¦ until now. view more (2007-04-05)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades
Growing desertification worldwide threatens to swell by millions the number of poor forced to seek new homes and livelihoods. And a rising number of large, intense dust storms plaguing many areas menace the health of people even continents away, international experts warn in a new report. view more (2005-06-16)
Measuring Calcium in Serpentine Soils
Serpentine soils contain highly variable amounts of calcium, making them marginal lands for farming. Successful management of serpentine soils requires accurate measurement of the calcium they hold. Research published this month in the Soil Science Society of America Journal shows that multiple measurement techniques are needed to accurately... view more... (2008-08-20)
First global scientific conference supporting UN efforts to curb desertification opens in Argentina
As climate change negotiators continue to skirt the role of agricultural land use in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, top scientists working on land management in the world's vast dry areas will gather this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, determined to make the case that thwarting desertification in drylands is viable and also critical to the... view more... (2009-09-23)
Poor health literacy associated with increased mortality in the elderly
Older adults who cannot read and understand basic health information appear to have increased mortality rates over a five-year period than those with adequate health literacy, according to a report in the July 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. view more (2007-07-24)
Kyoto will have little effect on global warming
Life expectancy and prosperity will continue to rise and food production should keep up with population growth, but the Kyoto agreement will have little effect on global warming according to this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. Using official statistics and global trends, Bj'¸rn Lomborg, Director of the Danish Environmental Assessment Institute... view more... (2002-12-18)
Saltwater solution to save crops
Technology under development at the University of New South Wales could offer new hope to farmers in drought-affected and marginal areas by enabling crops to grow using salty groundwater. view more (2008-09-12)
Desertification: UN experts prescribe global policy overhaul to avoid looming mass migrations
Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents "the greatest environmental challenge of our times" and governments must overhaul policy approaches to the issue or face mass migrations of people driven from degraded homelands within a single generation, warns a new analysis from the United Nations University. view more (2007-06-28)
Prescription opioids the predominant choice among illicit opioid users
For almost a century, heroin addiction has been a core element of the illicit drug use problem in Canada. Recently, however, isolated reports have pointed to substantial increases in prescription opioid abuse. view more (2006-11-21)
Are Too Many Lungs Not Being Considered For Transplantation? (p 621)
Authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that new scientific evidence is required to clarify the criteria for assessing potential lung donors. More than 85% of lungs are considered unsuitable for transplantation. Lorraine Ware from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA, and Michael Matthay and... view more... (2002-08-21)
Shade trees can protect coffee crops
Sustainable farming that employs shade trees may improve crops' resistance to temperature and precipitation extremes that climate changes are expected to trigger. view more (2008-10-01)
Is it possible to differentiate GISTs from leiomyomas by endoscopic ultrasonography?
A research article to be published on July 21, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. This research led by Professor Kim and his colleagues in Pusan National University, South Korea. view more (2009-07-29)
What do trance lyrics really mean?
Medieval English Professor Greg Walker got in the groove with the word on the street to assess the literary merits of the latest club mixes. The University of Leicester academic, from the Department of English, has just examined trance music hits for Mixmag - the world's biggest clubbing and dance magazine. Professor Walker, Director of University... view more... (2003-07-02)
Women given liver transplants outlive male recipients by around 4 years
Female liver transplant recipients outlive men given the same procedure by an average of 4.5 years, suggests research published ahead of print in Gut. view more (2006-09-28)
Traditional Local Campaigning can Boost Polling Day Turnout
Strong local political party campaigns play an important role in influencing electoral turnout in all safe and marginal constituencies on polling day. And all three main political parties performed better in those target seats during the 2001 election where it had stronger local campaigns. These are among the key findings of major new research... view more... (2003-05-01)
Gloomy forecast for Nobel Direct after 3 years
Three years after patients were given Nobel Direct dental implants, the risk of the implant loosening has increased even more. A follow-up by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden shows that eight per cent of the implants are lost. view more (2007-12-21)
Workers rarely extend the weekend by taking sick leave
The widespread belief that workers extend their weekends by taking sick leave on Fridays and Mondays is misplaced, say researchers in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Strategies to reduce Monday and Friday sick leave are probably a waste of time, they conclude. view more (2001-11-09)
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