Sensitive skin - a global challenge with upcoming solutions

Geriatric Psychiatry—an Upcoming Challenge

The advancing age of man brings its own specific problems to be dealt with. There is a gradually progressive decline in muscular strength, coordination , energy reserves, stress-tolerance, resistance to illness and ability to recover from illness. Joints get fibrosed, bones develop osteoporosis, muscles atrophy, skin becomes wrinkled and loses its elasticity and hair become thinner and grey. In...

Mycotoxins, a Major Challenge in Global Food Security

Engaging with mental health: a global challenge

Using the metrics of the World Health Organisation, the Global Burden of Disease Study has found that mental health difficulties are currently the leading cause of disability in developed countries [1]. Projections also indicate that the global burden of mental health difficulties will continue to rise in the coming decades. The human and economic costs of this trend will be substantial. In thi...

A Really Global Challenge

The need for increasingly accurate models of the complex interactions between mankind and the environment calls for more precise monitoring of many different areas, from forests to oceans, from inland waters to urban areas. Specifically, human settlements appear to be the focus of a number of issues such as desertification and pollution as well as water, energy, and waste management. Since most...

Terrorism- A Global Challenge

[The definition of Terrorism] Lately, a lot of military actions are claimed as acts of terrorism, as a result of the lack of a universal definition of terrorism. States and military organizations name each other terrorists, since states and military organizations have particular interests such as religious, economical and political power. There are two different ways of thinking, one believe th...