Too low to measure, infectious nonetheless

Is Inflation Too Low?

W hat is today’s big monetary policy issue? It is, surely, the extraordinary volatility of the financial markets and the wide quality spreads that opened up between riskier bonds and Treasury bonds following the Russian default in mid-August 1998. No one forecast these problems; the financial-market upset certainly was not a real, live policy issue back in the spring and early summer. We should...

Slow progress--but progress nonetheless.

Low-birthweight baby: Born too soon or too small

Research into gut microbiome is being actively pursued now which has been discussed under the section, ‘Interactions of Bile Acids and the Gut Microbiome’. Interactions of bile acid metabolism and gut microbiota in patients with cirrhosis are discussed in this section. Similar hypotheses are being looked at in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma in these...

Social Sciences Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty: Too Little and Too Late?

Infectious diseases of poverty, also labeled tropical diseases or neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and caused by pathogenic agents (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites), are viciously more prevalent among poor people. Though being preventable for the most part in a cost-effective way, they are devastating. These are, to name a few, Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, malaria, leprosy, ...

Combating Disease Mongering: Daunting but Nonetheless Essential

T he challenge of combating the current epidemic of disease mongering is daunting, and anyone looking for ready solutions should read no further. Those seeking a way forward fi nd themselves ranged against powerful economic, political, and professional interests. There is an apparently limitless amount of money to be made from marketing pharmaceutical remedies for diseases and even more from re...