Resultados para "la casa de" en Medicina y sector de la salud

Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating diseases. The predicament is that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to manipulate our nature - to enhance our genetic traits and those of our children. Although most people find at least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy to articulate why.

In "Torna a casa, Lessico!" si parla di parole, in brevi episodi. Emergono in racconti, sfilano per temi. Etimologie, storie, significati, sfumature di significati, narrazioni. Un intrattenimento di parole utili al pensiero e alla vita, che non avete mai sentito così. Possiamo dirlo? Qualcosa di nuovo. Dall'autore del sito "Una parola al giorno". Quanto ne sai di medicina ippocratica? Te lo dico io: più di quanto pensi.

Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row - a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in modern times. In the past two decades, deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism have risen dramatically, and now claim hundreds of thousands of American lives each year - and they're still rising. Case and Deaton, known for first sounding the alarm about deaths of despair, explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class.