Illuminating brain tumours with radioactive sniffer dogs
Bringing light into the darkness of the brain by using radioactive molecules acting as “sniffer dogs” might help to improve the diagnostic and therapy of severe cancerous diseases. To make these little helpers visible, Positron-Emission-Tomography (PET) creates 3 dimensional images from the emitted photons and visualises brain tumour activity.
Nutritional education for health professionals
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that pediatric primary health care professionals have an important role to play in tackling the childhood obesity epidemic, noting that “health professionals and all those providing services to children and adolescents need appropriate training on nutrition and diet, physical activity and the risk factors for developing obesity”.
High Ages: A Success That Signifes Health Challenges
As we all are aware of, there is a demographic shift toward an older population worldwide. The segment of people aged 80 years and more is growing rapidly and those aged 100+ are growing fastest. This is a sign that we have succeeded in some ways.
Announcing the start of ADVANCE 2: A research project to reduce the harms of domestic violence during pregnancy in Nepal
Announcing the start of ADVANCE 2: A research project to reduce the harms of domestic violence during pregnancy in Nepal