The Employment Time Bomb

Diabetes: can we stop the time bomb?

Type 2 diabetes is increasing in prevalence and it is estimated that three million individuals in the UK will have the disease by 2010. People with diabetes have a high risk of cardiovascular disease-coronary heart disease is more prevalent, more extensive, and more diffuse. For all cardiovascular syndromes, the mortality is virtually doubled in patients with diabetes. Large clinical trials hav...

A Time Bomb for Leukemia

Alterations of the circadian clock have been linked to cancer development. Puram et al. (in this issue) now uncover differential requirements between healthy hematopoietic and diseased leukemic stem cells for core circadian transcription factors, wherein leukemic cells depend on the clock machinery for survival and growth.

Tuberculosis: pictures of a ticking time bomb.

www.thelancet.com Vol 373 June 20, 2009 2101 Mortal danger has been part and parcel of his trade for the past 30 years, having dodged machetes, snipers’ bullets, tank wheels, and even napalm bombs in some of the most gruesome confl ict zones on earth. But as he greets those attending his Struggle For Life exhibition in the heart of Berlin, it is surprising how shy and humble James Nachtwey appe...

The 2022 GP: addressing the demographic time bomb.

The Large Immortal Machine and the Ticking Time Bomb

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 2 I. THE LARGE IMMORTAL MACHINE ................................................. 8 A. The Conversion to Electronic Switching ................................ 9 B. Signaling Systems 6 and 7 .................................................... 10 C. Separating Control Data from Content ...........