At the frontline

At the frontline

released in June predict warmer, drier summers for the UK and milder, wetter winters. The report, presented by environment secretary Hilary Benn, gives three different scenarios with detailed results for the corresponding climate in the 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s. In the worst-case scenario, i.e. if Copenhagen fails and not much is done to curb emissions, the hottest summer days could end up being...

Moving at the frontline

The factors that regulate how immune cells called innate-like lymphocytes are localized in the tissue have been identified.

Ethics of nanobiotechnology at the frontline.

A Frontline Driver at Crossroads

c 2011 The Korean Society of Medical Informatics has been recognized as the most medical IT-strong nation worldwide. As of now, a few leading university hospitals start implementing Electronic Medical Record (EMR), for which government funded research related to Electronic Health Record (EHR) is under consideration. We are proud to say that behind every great achievements in medical IT, KOSMI w...

The impact of excess body weight at the hospital frontline

Quantification of disease burden by deaths or years lived with disability is a useful indicator as it informs prevention by accounting for health loss but it does not reflect the needs for health services. An alternative indicator is to quantify the impact of a risk factor on health care utilization. In an article published in BMC Medicine, Reeves and colleagues describe the relationship betwee...