China too must confront obesity
China must confront changing diets, more sedentary lives, and a 'plump is prosperous' culture to halt obesity, say Rachel Huxley and Yangfeng Wu.
28 August 2008 | EN
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China must confront changing diets, more sedentary lives, and a 'plump is prosperous' culture to halt obesity, say Rachel Huxley and Yangfeng Wu.
28 August 2008 | EN
A meeting of African scientists and ministers on the environment's impact on health is welcome, if long overdue, says an editorial in The Lancet.
Source: The Lancet
27 August 2008 | EN
The common image of China as a big carbon polluter belies the clean energy miracle currently underway in the country, says Wu Changhua.
Source: New Scientist
African countries must set money aside for malaria vaccines now, and hire business leaders to run control programmes, says Tom Egwang.
20 August 2008 | EN
Biotechnology is only one of a set of approaches needed to solve the world's problems, says an editorial in Nature Biotechnology.
Source: Nature Biotechnology
Improved forecasting and mitigation strategies are essential to limiting the damage caused by tropical cyclones, says Peter J. Webster.
Source: Nature Geoscience
15 August 2008 | EN
A Peruvian clinic's treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is an example to the developing world, says Mario C. Raviglione.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Climate-change reporting is woefully inadequate because too often editors lack interest and assign writers without expertise, says James Fahn.
Malaria control efforts should be joined with those of neglected tropical diseases to achieve eradication, say Peter J. Hotez and David H. Molyneux.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
5 August 2008 | EN
Neglect of science and technology in African universities has been compounded by a failure to focus research on the continent's needs, says Mammo Muchie.
1 August 2008 | EN
Measures should be put in place to ensure that innovative scientific information is available to Chinese researchers, says Lan Xue.
Source: Nature
One of the most serious problems faced by Guatemala is its increasing brain drain, says a leading scientist.
Source: El Periódico
29 July 2008 | ES
Scientists, not government, should lead efforts to explain the benefits and risks of modern technology, says Li Daguang.
Cancer care in Africa faces the same challenges as general healthcare, but also needs local data and targeted solutions, says Twalib Ngoma.
To stem the spread of obesity, we must study the web of commercial interests and strategies driving it, says Jonathan Wells.
We need better global monitoring for chronic diseases before we can really tackle the risks factors and prevent illness, says Colin Mathers.
Developing nations must stop aping the North's mental health services and use strategies tailored to their own needs, says Vikram Patel.
Training tree fellers in forest management can cut tree damage and carbon emissions from degradation, argue Francis E. Putz and colleagues.
Source: PLoS Biology
22 July 2008 | EN
Researchers' preference for publishing in globally recognised journals is skewing the direction of scientific inquiry away from local research, writes Priya Shetty.
Source: New Scientist
Multidrug-resistant TB needs more research to equip healthcare workers with the right tools, write Frank G. J. Cobelens and colleagues.
Source: PLoS Medicine
SciDev.Net seeks a News Editor and Editorial Production Assistant for its editorial team
An epidemic of kidney disease among farming communities is puzzling Sri Lankan researchers
Beijing's air pollution monitoring will be watched during the Olympics and beyond
Africa's universities must work together on solving the continent's problems, says Mammo Muchie