Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants: III. Ecological risks and prospects of transgenic plants, where do we go from here? A dialogue between biotech industry and science

Product DescriptionDiscusses ecological risks and prospects of transgenic plants. Presents the discussion sessions as well as the scientific contributions and thus mirrors the risk assessment debate based not on exaggerated negative scenarios but on critical science and hard data.
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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 [...]

Risk Factors Diagnosis and Treatment of Stroke

Are you at increased risk for stroke? Dr. Steven Polevoi explains the risk factors associated with stroke and the diagnosis and treatment of this all too common problem. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [9/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 14854]

Rethinking guidelines for treating high blood pressure: Variability is a risk factor too

Rethinking guidelines for treating high blood pressure: Variability is a risk factor too
Hypertension is the most prevalent treatable risk factor for stroke. One in two adults are affected by it, and the risk of being hypertensive during a lifetime is about 90%. Despite this, the underlying mechanisms by which raised blood pressure can cause cardiovascular [...]

Contraceptive pill not associated with increased long-term risk of death

Contraceptive pill not associated with increased long-term risk of death
Women in the UK who have ever used the oral contraceptive pill are less likely to die from any cause, including all cancers and heart disease, compared with never users, according to research published in the British Medical Journal today.
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