BorderScapes: redesigning the borderland

The narcoleptic borderland.

The borderland between normal aging and dementia

Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become a global health issue as the population ages. There is no effective treatment to protect against its occurrence or progression. Some argue that the lack of treatment response is due to delays in diagnosis. By the time a diagnosis of AD is made, neurodegenerative changes are at the stage where very few neurons can be salvaged by medication. The AD research com...

Redesigning the WTO

Redesigning the WTO for the 21 Century November 9, 2009 The Program in International Finance and Economic Policy (IFEP) at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), in conjunction with Columbia University’s Asia‐Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Center, presented a panel discussion about the present and future of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Debra Steger, Professo...

[The borderland between epilepsy and movement disorders].

Epileptic seizures presenting as motor phenomena without concomitant conscious change may be confused with one of the paroxysmal movement disorders. Conversely, the attack of paroxysmal movement disorders may be thought to be epileptic due to a number of factors, including its sudden, unpredictable, and transient nature, its response to anticonvulsants, and the premonitory sensations preceding ...

The Borderland between Surgery and Gynæcology

the mainland from which it has been separated. Of no speciality is this more true than of gynaecology, which was the first dependency of general surgery to receive independent status. One of the most important borderland territories between surgery and gynaecology relates to the surgery and mechanism of the female pelvis and the pain which is referred to the back, sacrum and buttocks. The opera...