Floods and fires across Europe captured from space
... blame for some of the fires, on Wednesday Italian politicians and forestry officials blamed some on arsonists. On Thursday some 200 fires were reported burning across Greece, where temperatures have been as high as 45 C, with more than a dozen burning out of control. Peloponnese and the island of Cephalonia ...The future of biofuels is not in corn
... set biofuels policy for years to come. While the politicians promise that America will be driving on switchgrass-based ethanol instead of gasoline in the next decade, the majority of the subsidies will go to corn-based ethanol refiners in the near term. The groups made recommendations on U.S. biofuels policy...Cancer on the agenda of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency
...e selection of such topics reflects the importance politicians place on assuring best quality healthcare, a service that touches the lives of every single EU citizen, as well as newcomers, said Pascale Blaes, Director of the ESMO Political Office in Brussels. The Round Table session on cancer, on Thursday afte...Government fails sleepy Judge Dodd
... are not fit to be judges then does that extend to politicians and senior company executives because if that's the case there will be a lot of people out of a job". Published in the May edition of Sleep, the journal of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and US Sleep Research Society, the paper asserts tha...University of Alberta hosts international conference on women in the knowledge economy and society
...academics, artists, scientists, businesspeople and politicians from around the world to discuss their vision for the role of women in the knowledge society. It will examine the situation of women within and beyond the academy to heighten awareness, extend knowledge, and form practical recommendations. Promine...Rochester launches Cancer Stem Cell Research Program
...nic stem cells, the focus of heated debate between politicians and scientists. "This is an increasingly vital part of the field of stem cell research and medicine," said Noble, professor of Genetics. Noble and Jordan will co-lead the program with Hartmut "Hucky" Land, Ph.D., chair of Biomedical Genetics, along...Don't rely on cold reason - trust your intuition as well
...e? What can the government do to re-build trust in politicians and scientists? Risk researchers say the answer lies in emotions, not reason, especially when the perceived risk is related to health, the environment, new technologies and energy. "There is a lot of evidence that concern about risk is directly rel...International AIDS Vaccine Initiative calls for new measures to search for an AIDS vaccine
...e eagerly participating in vaccine trials, and our politicians who speak out in favor of a stronger vaccine effort," said Dr. Pontiano Kaleebu, Assistant Director, Uganda Virus Research Institute and Head MRC/UVRI Basic Sciences, at today's launch of the Blueprint. "Expanding research capacity in these countries...University of Leicester produces the first-ever 'world map of happiness'
...st we have so far, and these are the measures that politicians are talking of using to measure the relative performance of each country. The researchers have argued that regular testing as a collaboration between academics in different countries would enable us to track changes in happiness, and what events ma...Independent experts needed to save UK's NHS from failure and privatization
...that this may well be an "impossible task" for the politicians currently charged with the job. "If the British p...interest, and ruthlessness of implementationIf the politicians and mandarins currently in post cannot be trusted to do what is required, then someone else should d...NHS should be removed from direct government control
...threat of political retribution - which drive many politicians to short term solutions that won't solve long term problems and mean they never learn from past mistakes - will be eased", says Dr Jader. The NHS is a huge and complex organisation, and the current modernisation programme makes this the perfect oppor...Health professionals must help tackle climate change
...upport must now be deepened and formalised so that politicians worldwide commit themselves to the policy. Health professionals must also set an example and advocate for contraction and convergence both locally and nationally, he concludes. This process will be a far more effective driver towards minimising the ...On World NO Tobacco Day the ESC urges governments to spread smoking bans & tax tobacco
...ra. "To accomplish this we need the cooperation of politicians who can implement legislation that protects those who do not smoke from passive smoking, and that imposes high tax on cigarettes. Smoking bans and tobacco taxes, introduced in several European countries, have proven to be extremely effective in reduc...Harsh famine ahead for NHS, warn experts
...to the NHS, many spending controls were relaxed as politicians and managers concentrated on targets for activity and service delivery, say the authors. The lack of control is most evident with respect to the role of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), in pay negotiations, and in contracting ar...Lack of basic research putting patients at risk
... its performance or, less preferably, be forced by politicians to prioritise appropriately. The recent emphasis on the development of clinical research is welcome, he says, but there are potential pitfalls. Greatest of these is the tendency for clinical research to be defined too narrowly, with observational res...5 finalists compete for Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research
...tibiotics. For decades, scientists, consumers and politicians have struggled with the possible human health effe...ant strains of disease. The dearth of evidence led politicians in Europe to apply the Precautionary Principle by banning antibiotics used for growth promotion in f...Patient care dramatically improved using best practice
...hrough teams and urge healthcare professionals and politicians to take note of what is possible and we advise breast cancer patients not to accept lower standards of care."...Strategies for Earth observation: 18th CEOS-SIT meeting at ESRIN
... and the UN Environment Programme. It will provide politicians and decision makers with the tools to implement environmental and sustainable development policies in an integrated international approach. The 2006 plan involves the use of Earth Observation in all nine societal benefiting areas addressed by GEOSS,...Future of cancer research in Europe under threat
... action by physicians, patients, universities, and politicians to ensure that academic research can continue in Europe. It is in no one's interest if only commercial corporations have the resources to plan and carry out clinical trials, they conclude.......ryone from executives and judges to scientists and politicians may reason to emotionally biased judgments when they have a vested interest in how to interpret 'the facts,' " Westen says. Coauthors of the study include Pavel Blagov and Stephan Hamann of the Emory Department of Psychology, and Keith Harenski and C...