Risks of a high-protein diet outweigh the benefits

Mefloquine: the benefits outweigh the risks.

Introduction extensive and mefloquine is not detectable in the CSF. The drug is very slowly eliminated, mainly as a carboxylic acid metabolite, with a half-time of about 1 Falciparum malaria remains one of the world’s biggest killers, accounting for about 2.1 million deaths in 1995— month. It is excreted in breast milk [2]. Mefloquine is effective against many isolates of about 4% of all global...

Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks?

BACKGROUND Although from a societal point of view a modal shift from car to bicycle may have beneficial health effects due to decreased air pollution emissions, decreased greenhouse gas emissions, and increased levels of physical activity, shifts in individual adverse health effects such as higher exposure to air pollution and risk of a traffic accident may prevail. OBJECTIVE We describe whet...

Electronic cigarettes: the potential risks outweigh the benefits.

Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy – Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating and often recurrent psychiatric illness that impacts the lives of millions. Approximately 20 percent of individuals will experience at least one depressive episode during their lives, and the high rates of chronic morbidity (depressive episodes typically last for several months) and mortality (owing to suicide) attributed to this disorder consti...

Genetically modified organisms: do the benefits outweigh the risks?

UNLABELLED The objective of this literature review is to analyze the implications of using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as well as international and European position regarding such organisms. METHOD Review of international and European legal requirements and ethical guidelines and relevant publications, found and accessed with the help of PubMed and Lund University Library databases...