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Month: November 2012

Study explores post-Walkerton community health

Study explores post-Walkerton community health

Individuals affected by a breakout of E. coli O157:H7, such as the infamous Walkerton incident more than a decade ago, display no evidence of any increase in cardiovascular disease, which had originally been the thought, according to Western-led study. Sh …

Future of materials

Future of materials

In the field of materials, I think we need to look both forward and backward when we think about what to expect over the next 40 years.

Future of family medicine

Future of family medicine

It is essential we determine best practice for integrated care of concurrent chronic illness in primary health care, which will require the development of rigorous methods for evaluating complex systems of care for patients with multi-morbidity.

Future of performing arts health

Future of performing arts health

Leon Fleisher’s focal dystonia. Pete Townshend’s hearing loss and tinnitus. Julie Andrews’ vocal strain and subsequent failed surgery. These world-class musicians had devastating, potentially career-ending, health problems related to their occupation abound.

Future of climate

Future of climate

I’m afraid I find it hard to have a positive outlook for the biosphere in the next 40 years.

Future of gaming

(The late) Neil Armstrong has been quoted as saying, “People expect too much in one year and not enough in 10 years.”

Future of reproduction

What’s wrong with normal ways of reproducing? Well, nothing really. But even back in 2012, it was clear societal changes were enforcing dramatic shifts in how we reproduce.

Future of pop culture

I have to laugh silently (who laughs out loud in this crammed world of ours without bringing the lifebots?) when I look back to what my grandparents (too bad their brains exploded during the first Implant Wars — they were 35 years young, all five of them) called the ‘media cycle.’

The future of space exploration

If one looks back at the last 40 years, there have been incredible accomplishments and technological advancements and amazing scientific discoveries.

Future of literary masters

Future of literary masters

James Joyce’s Ulysses, the novel I spend much of my time teaching and thinking and writing about, is full of predictions, as chapters confidently assert what will happen in a horse race later today, in the careers of men in public life and in their friends’ futures.

Future of sustainability

Future of sustainability

Sustainability for business translates into effectively managing the triple bottom line – financial, environmental and social outcomes – whether now, or 40 years from now. Will business be more sustainable in four decades? I see both signs of hope, and indications history will repeat itself.

Future of the past

Students always ask in my archaeology courses: “But hasn’t everything there is to find already been found?” And I always tell them: “Goodness, I hope not, or I’d be out of job.”

Future of justice

Future of justice

There are trade-offs between the kinds of justice that victims and others rightly demand, and the compromises that must be made to take dictators and warlords out of power, or to maintain the functioning apparatus of government, and so on.

Future of materials

Future of materials

In the field of materials, I think we need to look both forward and backward when we think about what to expect over the next 40 years.

Future of family medicine

Future of family medicine

It is essential we determine best practice for integrated care of concurrent chronic illness in primary health care, which will require the development of rigorous methods for evaluating complex systems of care for patients with multi-morbidity.

Future of performing arts health

Future of performing arts health

Leon Fleisher’s focal dystonia. Pete Townshend’s hearing loss and tinnitus. Julie Andrews’ vocal strain and subsequent failed surgery. These world-class musicians had devastating, potentially career-ending, health problems related to their occupation abound.

Future of climate

Future of climate

I’m afraid I find it hard to have a positive outlook for the biosphere in the next 40 years.

Future of gaming

(The late) Neil Armstrong has been quoted as saying, “People expect too much in one year and not enough in 10 years.”

Future of reproduction

What’s wrong with normal ways of reproducing? Well, nothing really. But even back in 2012, it was clear societal changes were enforcing dramatic shifts in how we reproduce.

Future of pop culture

I have to laugh silently (who laughs out loud in this crammed world of ours without bringing the lifebots?) when I look back to what my grandparents (too bad their brains exploded during the first Implant Wars — they were 35 years young, all five of them) called the ‘media cycle.’

The future of space exploration

If one looks back at the last 40 years, there have been incredible accomplishments and technological advancements and amazing scientific discoveries.

Future of literary masters

Future of literary masters

James Joyce’s Ulysses, the novel I spend much of my time teaching and thinking and writing about, is full of predictions, as chapters confidently assert what will happen in a horse race later today, in the careers of men in public life and in their friends’ futures.

Future of sustainability

Future of sustainability

Sustainability for business translates into effectively managing the triple bottom line – financial, environmental and social outcomes – whether now, or 40 years from now. Will business be more sustainable in four decades? I see both signs of hope, and indications history will repeat itself.

Future of the past

Students always ask in my archaeology courses: “But hasn’t everything there is to find already been found?” And I always tell them: “Goodness, I hope not, or I’d be out of job.”

Future of justice

Future of justice

There are trade-offs between the kinds of justice that victims and others rightly demand, and the compromises that must be made to take dictators and warlords out of power, or to maintain the functioning apparatus of government, and so on.