ESRC offers new dynamics for old in UK
By 2025, the number of people in Britain over the age of 60 will outnumber those under 25. Pressure on both pensions and pensioner spending power will increase. Answers to problems//, old and new, will have to be sought. ..In a move to address the issues of ageing - one of the most significant aspects of change in our lives, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is highlighting the im...The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive immunization programme across 12 highest-risk countries in West Africa , and aimed at covering as many as 48 milllion people. ...The initiative is being undertaken to counter the yellow fever, resurging in the region and is backed by a $ 58 million contribution from the GAVI Alliance. ...The Alliance (formerly known as the Global...Estrogen, which binds estrogen receptor alpha (ER-alpha), is a risk factor for breast cancer development. However, one-third of new breast cancers lack detectable ER-alpha . ...These ER-alphanegative cancers are more aggressive and have a worse prognosis than do ER-alphapositive breast cancers, and have been thought to be estrogen independent. ......In a study appearing online on July 12 in adv...