While we must applaud industry and the Recombinant Human Protein C Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis (PROWESS) investigators [1] for the tremendous effort and time expended in their multicentre, international study, caution needs to be exercised before deciding to make the intervention of activated protein C (APC) a standard of treatment [2]. We, like many others, have chosen to introduce A...

According to standard dynamic choice theories, patience is a key driving factor behind the accumulation of the proximate determinants of economic development. Using a novel representative data set on time preferences from 80,000 individuals in 76 countries, we investigate the empirical relevance of this hypothesis in the context of a development accounting framework. We find a significant reduc...

Risk communication aims to promote health and understanding through information exchange; however, explanations regarding the basis of regulation values for the public are insufficient. Moreover, it is unclear how information presentation affects the public's sense of safety and their consumption intentions. We first investigated the relationship between perception of mercury-risk in fish and s...

It’s not unusual to feel anxious before starting a run of nights but there are ways tackle this, Abi Rimmer hears