To ban or not to ban?

To ban or not to ban?

The past four years have seen a steady increase in the number of companies that offer direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing services and in the number of such tests for genetic risk factors, including a wide range of diseases and other non-disease-related traits. These companies sell their tests outside the traditional healthcare setting and often do not involve healthcare professionals for ...

To ban or not to ban? - that is the question.

Vending machines in schools: to ban or not to ban?

hydrolysate, soy and conventional cow milk formulas on incidence of atopic disease in high risk infants. Annals of Allergy 1989; 63: 102–6. 4 Chandra R. Five-year follow-up of high risk infants with family history of allergy who were exclusively breastfed or fed partial whey hydrolysate, soy and conventional cow’s milk formulas. Journal of Pediatriatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1997; 24: ...

Animal growth promoters: to ban or not to ban? A risk assessment approach.

The use of antibiotics for animal growth promotion has been controversial because of the potential transfer of antibiotic resistance from animals to humans. Such transfer could have severe public health implications in that treatment failures could result. We have followed a risk assessment approach to evaluate policy options for the streptogramin-class of antibiotics: virginiamycin, an animal ...

New threats to whaling ban

millennium development goals, such as reducing child mortality, and the economic benefits would be huge. But the report also highlights the need for more research, particularly with the growing potential of developing a vaccine. “The US National Institutes of Health is the largest funder of malaria vaccine research followed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,” the report says. However, supp...