Connections Magazine Scotland
This is the web site for Connections Magazine Scotland - Scotland’s Voice of Alternative Health.
Connections was first published in 1983 to promote the then fairly small [...]
March 25, 2008
Media Contact:
Paul Francuch, (312) 996-3457, francuch@uic.edu
Fruit Fly Phlebotomy Holds Neuroscience Promise
Drawing blood from a fruit fly may only be slightly easier than getting it from a proverbial stone or turnip, but success could provide substantial benefits for [...]
April 2, 2008
Media Contact:
Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, (312) 996-1583, jgala@uic.edu
Brain DNA ‘Remodeled’ in Alcoholism
Reshaping of the DNA scaffolding that supports and controls the expression of genes in the brain may play a major role in the alcohol withdrawal symptoms, particularly anxiety, [...]
Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network
The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) is a technical collaboration of existing institutions and networks who pool human and technical resources for the rapid identification, confirmation and response to outbreaks of international importance. The Network provides an operational framework to link this expertise and skill to keep the [...]
pidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response
WHO Programme on Disease Control in Humanitarian Emergencies (DCE)
Epidemics and pandemics can place sudden and intense demands on health systems. They expose existing weaknesses in these systems and, in addition to their morbidity and mortality, can disrupt economic activity and development.
The world requires a global system that can rapidly identify [...]
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
Country activities | Outbreak news | Resources | [...]
Asian states feel rice pinch
Asian countries have been struggling to cope as the cost of rice has reached record levels.
The price of the staple crop has risen by as much as 70% during the last year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Shortages have begun to hit some importing countries.
Factors contributing to the [...]
You are only one inch, one step, one idea, from turning onto the boulevard of beauty in your own life.
— Somerset Maughan
How would it feel to be really on-track?
What does your soul have in mind for you?
Are you expressing your unique gifts and talents?
Do you dare to plunge [...]
A PIVOTAL MONTH OF CHANGE
I really believe April this year is a pivotal month of change for many on Earth.
As the Wave of Love vibrations are increasing, so many people around the world are connecting together consciously to ‘Be the Change’ that is so needed. More and more people are waking up to realise that [...]
Dear Reader,
This month’s cover poster is devoted to the importance of skilled birth attendants and improving child and maternal mortality. Seven items are devoted to this subject:
In two editorials, Cynthia Stanton examines who should assist women in childbirth, what midwives should be permitted to do and where births [...]
