Obesity Linked to Increased Risk for Dementia

Obesity may increase adults’ risk for having dementia, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their analysis of published obesity and dementia prospective follow-up studies over the past two decades shows a consistent relationship between the two diseases. The results are published by The International Association for the Study of Obesity in the May, 2008 issue of Obesity Reviews.

By Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Health Policy Resource.

Senate Move on FDA Funding Praised

Along with my colleagues in the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, I stand in strong support of Senator Herb Kohl's move to include $275 million in new funding for the Food and Drug Administration in the pending emergency supplemental appropriations bill. Virtually no one, inside or outside Congress, believes that the FDA has the resources necessary to assure the safety of Americans' food, drugs, and medical devices. The proof hits home for American consumers every day.

By CSPI, USA.

Housing Policy Resource.

Facing an "Extreme Future," Nations—and Researchers—Must Collaborate, Experts Say

With the world facing stresses on energy, water, food supplies and social services that seem destined to grow more dire, 21st century science will have to adopt new, more global approaches in organization and funding to provide solutions, experts told an 8 May session of the 33rd annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy.

By AAAS, USA.

Climate Policy Resource.

A group of schoolchildren from a remote Siberian village will discuss their artistic interpretations of global climate change—now on exhibit at AAAS—and answer questions via video-teleconference during an event at the association's Washington, D.C., headquarters tonight [Wednesday 14 May] at 6:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time.

By AAASUSA.

Climate Policy Resource.