Plastic in global rivers: are floods making it worse?

Winter floods in Britain are connected to atmospheric rivers

[1] Damage from flooding in the winter and fall seasons has been widespread in the United Kingdom (UK) and Western Europe over recent decades. Here we show that winter flood events in the UK are connected to Atmospheric Rivers (ARs), narrow ribbons along which a large flux of moisture is transported from the subtropics to the mid-latitudes. Combining river flow records with rainfall measurement...

Making Reperfusion Worse

Worse Heterogeneity Affecting Outcome From Acute Stroke Therapy : Making Reperfusion Print ISSN: 0039-2499. Online ISSN: 1524-4628 Copyright © 2001 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Stroke doi: 10.1161/hs1001.096588 2001;32:2318-2327 Stroke. http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/32/10/23...

Ageing is not for the faint-hearted: are we making it worse? Polypharmacy-related harm in the elderly.

The Role of Plastic Surgeons in Advancing Development Global

In September 2015, the international community came together to agree on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan of action for people, the planet, and prosperity. Ambitious and far-reaching as they are, they are built on three keystones: the elimination of extreme poverty, fighting climate change, and a commitment to fighting injustice and inequality. Critical to the achievement of ...

Tuberculosis: are we making it incurable?

Tuberculosis (TB) is most probably the disease that has caused more damage to the human species throughout its history in terms of number of patients and, above all, death toll. There have been thousands of years spent fighting against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in which the human species could only rely on the efficiency of the immune system [1]. We must recall its importance as, in the pre-an...