Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era

Product DescriptionEthical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriate with the increasing amount of genetic information available, challenge our understandings of ourselves, our health and wellbeing, and the role of medical ethics, public health, surveillance [...]

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry in Biology and Health Care

Carbon dating is a technology borne out of archeologists’ desire to date ancient artifacts but it has also spawned exciting applications in biomedical science. Techniques refined at Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry are being used to address research questions as diverse as the age of the DNA in our brains to [...]

Pesticides and Health: Part 4

Dr. Stephen McCurdy of the UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Western Center of Agricultural Health and Safety presents the fourth part of an update on pesticides and health. Series: UC Grand Rounds [8/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 14822]

Pesticides and Health: Acute Pesticide Illness

Dr. Stephen McCurdy, UC Davis School of Medicine, presents an overview on acute pesticide illness. Series: UC Grand Rounds Series [2/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 13990]

Policy to spur investment in health sector

Policy to spur investment in health sector
DOHA: The new strategy of the government to boost private investment in the health sector would result in better healthcare services in the country at competitive prices, a senior official of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has said.
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