Tracking desertification with satellites highlighted at UNCCD COP
...ng the livelihoods of 16.5 million people. ESA is backing a satellite-based information service called DesertWatch, working with national partners of four of the European countries most affected by desertification: the Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish National Representatives to the UNCCD. Dr...Medical research must put public interests before commercial decisions, warns pharmaceutical faculty
...nd our practical advice aims to give them external backing when they need to take a stand." The Faculty's paper provides practical day-to-day advice for doctors working in pharmaceutical research, based on the organisation's recently developed guiding ethical principles, which appear in the same issue of IJC...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
...es were developed at M. D. Anderson. Some have the backing of the National Cancer Institute as well as the interest of pharmaceutical companies. Traditional brain tumor therapies also are being refined at the Brain Tumor Center with this next-generation technology that will offer safer, more precise treatmen...Fast pharmacy access to the morning-after pill could prevent 10% more unwanted pregnancies
...regnancies by supplying the morning-after pill and backing this up with advice on contraception and sexual health" says Gaye Lewington from SouthWest Kent Primary Care Trust, which oversees and commissions local health services in the area. "Recent studies have suggested that allowing pharmacies to supply th...How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
...fficiency business, but more support and financial backing is required. Introduced to the energy efficiency business through the 3CEE Project, five of India's largest banks holding 35% of the country's total bank assets have developed new energy efficiency lending programs. Though small, the programs are g...Utah study shows minivans, trucks pose greater risk of backing over children in driveways
...y injured and killed when they're hit by a vehicle backing out of a driveway. But a child is up to 2 times more likely to be backed over by a minivan or truck than by a car, according to a University of Utah study. In the first report of its kind, University researchers found children are 2.4 times more li...NICE gives backing for the use of advanced biological therapies to treat severe psoriasis
...erate to severe psoriasis, NICE has also given its backing for the NHS to use Enbrel and Remicade (infliximab) to treat patients with severe, active psoriatic arthritis. Professor Robert Moots, Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Liverpool, UK welcomes this guidance commenting, "the NICE guidanc...Schools should take the lead in increasing kids' activity
...ysical education (PE) teachers. "It doesn't mean backing down on academics it's not an either/or thing. A balanced academic program should include PE and should also incorporate strategies to increase physical activity throughout the school day," Pate said. "Physical activity shouldn't stop at PE class....International AIDS Vaccine Initiative calls for new measures to search for an AIDS vaccine
...s the importance of strong and sustained political backing for AIDS vaccine R&D pointing to encouraging signs, including recent endorsements from the G8 heads of state, the United Nations General Assembly, and from global AIDS organizations which recognize the importance of a vaccine in an overall response t...Ground movement risks identified by Terrafirma
... land use. ESA's GMES Service Element Programme is backing a project, Terrafirma, to help mitigate these risks. To address these issues, Terrafirma is providing a Pan-European ground motion hazard information service to detect and monitor ground movements in relation to building stability, subsidence and g...New study counts the economic cost of persistent pain in Australia
...re getting adequate treatment. The Foundation is backing a $115,000 research project led by pain management pioneer Professor Michael Cousins AM and Dr Fiona Blyth at Sydneys Pain Management Research Institute. Access Economics is providing the economic modelling. Professor Cousins said the projects aim...