Preplant 1,3-D treatments test well for perennial crop nurseries, but challenges remain

Preplant 1,3-D treatments test well for perennial crop nurseries, but challenges remain

Preplant fumigation with methyl bromide commonly is used in open-field perennial crop nurseries in California for control of plant-parasitic nematodes, pathogens and weeds. Because this fumigant is being phased out, alternatives are needed to ensure the productivity of the perennial crop nursery industry as well as the ornamental, orchard and vineyard production systems that depend on clean pla...

New pain drugs in pipeline, but challenges to usage remain.

O ver the past two decades, pain control has become a front-burner issue among oncologists, but glaring problems in treating pain remain, a new survey shows. Barriers limiting pain control include patients' reluctance to report pain and to take opioids, coupled with physicians' reluctance to prescribe them, as well as increasing regulatory barriers, according to a study in the Nov. 14 online is...

Progress made in maternal and child health, but challenges remain.

Malaysia makes progress against HIV, but challenges remain.

No one understands the complexities of the HIV epidemic in Malaysia more than Adeeba Kamarulzaman, local cochair of the International AIDS Society conference taking place in Malaysia this month (June 30–July 3). Kamarulzaman, Director of the Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, has been involved in HIV...

Global health inequity: scientific challenges remain but can be solved.

Advances in science and technology have transformed the health of the populations of the developed world, with substantial increases in life expectancy and reductions in morbidity. These advances have not, however, touched the lives of the poorest people of the world--the billions living in developing countries. This Review Series on global health highlights the key factors contributing to ineq...