Distracted learning: Big problem and golden opportunity

A golden opportunity, squandered.

Even when used to make products of negligible risk and that contribute significantly to public health, recombinant DNA technology (a.k.a. ‘genetic modification’, or GM) applied to agriculture has a tough row to hoe. ‘Golden Rice’, which has been enriched by the addition of genes that allow rice to synthesize b-carotene (the precursor of vitamin A) in its edible endosperm, has endured resistance...

A Golden Opportunity.

Golden Tides: Problem or Golden Opportunity? The Valorisation of Sargassum from Beach Inundations

In recent years there have been massive inundations of pelagic Sargassum, known as golden tides, on the beaches of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and West Africa, causing considerable damage to the local economy and environment. Commercial exploration of this biomass for food, fuel, and pharmaceutical products could fund clean-up and offset the economic impact of these golden tides. This paper ...

A bleak future or a golden opportunity.

The solutions to the problems facing the healthcare profession are too large to be addressed by one narrow segment, but oncologists and oncology nurses can be a model for health care in general if we build upon the ways in which we work together. Here is a shortage we have not heard much about: The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently released a report projecting a serious shor...

A golden opportunity: the coevolution of medical and education homes.

Suboptimal public health is an intrinsic (if unintentional) feature of the American health care system. Because of the reactive nature of patients and providers to illness, conditions that could be managed successfully in outpatient settings often deteriorate before patients receive care. That care, typically provided in emergency rooms and hospitals, then becomes far more expensive than proact...