Insurers could help address climate risks

Coping with climate change risks and opportunities for insurers

CD1a immunopositivity could help to address prognosis of intestinal-type Barrett's metaplasia.

Sir: I read with great interest the letter of Lopes et al. that compared Alcian blue-periodic acid-Schiff stain with immunohistochemistry for MUC-2 in 40 patients with Barrett’s metaplasia (BM) of intestinal-type (IT). In their research, they found that ‘MUC-2 expression turned out to be a helpful tool for the correct identification of intestinal metaplasia, avoiding any false-negative of even ...

Could interferon help treat Ebola?

It's in insurers' interest to help cut readmissions.

A little more than two years ago, Victor Caraballo, MD, the senior medical director at Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia, set out to hit the brakes on the flow of unnecessary readmissions to area hospitals. By identifying high-risk patients and promoting best practices in discharge planning, Caraballo and a regional collaboration involving more than 20 area hospitals felt they could start...

Can Adaptive Comanagement Help to Address the Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation?

A shift is taking place within environmental governance that draws attention to modes and instruments that respond to system dynamics, uncertainty, and contested values. Adaptive comanagement is one process being advanced to make governance operational as it emphasizes collaboration among diverse actors, functions across scales and levels, and fosters learning though iterative feedback. Althoug...