Mining requests in Brazil’s Indigenous Lands finally removed, but the battle continues

Chikungunya in Singapore--the battle continues.

Streptococcus Mutans and its Detection - The Battle Continues

J Bacteriol Mycol Open Access 2017, 4(4): 00102 S. mutans is considered to be an important biomarker of caries risk assessment. There are various methods to detect the S. mutans counts that include both conventional as well as latest advancements. The various conventional culture medias used are mitis salivarius with bacitracin (MSB), mitis salivarius kanamycinbacitracin (MSKB), glucose-sucrose...

Antibiotic treatment against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hospital- and ventilator-acquired pneumonia: a step forward but the battle continues.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the second most frequent microorganism-based cause of hospitalacquired (HAP) and ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP) [1]. However, its frequency in the ranking of microorganisms causing HAP and VAP varies greatly between countries and departments [2]. MRSA HAP and VAP are associated with a high health cost, morbidity, and mortality (between ...

The treatment of stable coronary artery disease in diabetics: the battle between "conservative" and "invasive" continues.

D iabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular disease are nowadays considered to be two sides of the same coin. Patients with type 2 DM are at clearly higher risk (2-4 times) of cardiovascular events and death compared with non-diabetics. In patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and type 2 DM there are two important questions that have gone begging for years now: 1) What is the best s...

Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change

Recent climate talks in Copenhagen reaffirmed the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Creating and strengthening indigenous lands and other protected areas represents an effective, practical, and immediate REDD strategy that addresses both biodiversity and climate crises at once.