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Published On January 15, 2009
TECHNOLOGY
Banishing Mosquitoes
A simple technology nets a decline in malaria incidence and deaths.
In July, the one-millionth “long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito net” was distributed in southern Sudan. The nets, draped around sleeping areas, kill female anopheles mosquitoes, the prime carriers of malaria. By eliminating insects in one home, the nets can reduce the overall number of mosquitoes in an area, even in nearby homes without nets. Along with artemisinin-based combination therapies and the spraying of insecticide indoors, the nets have contributed to a 50% decline in malaria incidence and deaths in 29 nations during the past seven years.
Dispatches
Where Have All the Microbes Gone? Internist and researcher Martin Blaser believes that disturbances in the gut may underlie several modern maladies.
Podcast: Can AI Save Us from Despair? Psychiatry is finding its footing with machine intelligence. New tools may dramatically help those who need it the most.
A New Iron Age As more bacteria gain resistance to standard treatments, is the answer a return to therapeutic metals?
The Pharmacist Will See You Now As the role of the pharmacist changes, one program explores how it can help people with heart disease and other conditions.
Podcast: Mothers in Medicine Women are significant contributors to research, but their careers are often cut short when they have children. What can be done to remedy this gender disparity?
Your Brain on Drugs, Revisited People with drug addictions produce more of a certain brain chemical—and research may point to new ways to block it.
Podcast: Polar Lessons Researchers are untangling how animals can live in the Arctic and Antarctic cold. The applications for human medicine could be vast.
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