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| STEP Session Describes Health Challenges of a
Growing Population |
| By Harrison Wein |
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Lester Brown addresses STEP forum. |
It’s not every day that you go to a session
on the NIH campus and hear about melting ice in Greenland, population
growth trends and international markets. But that’s exactly
what attendees heard at the recent STEP forum “Food for Thought:
Sustaining the Global Population.” The health of a growing
world population is going to depend on strong cooperation between
many different communities.
Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute,
led off with a wide-ranging talk that provided a framework for the forum. While the world's population
continues to grow, he said, world grain stocks are now at about their lowest level in 30 years. Two major challenges to meeting the growing demand in the coming years will be falling water tables and rising temperatures.
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| NHLBI Unveils First Ladies Red Dress Collection |
By Ann Taubenheim |
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First Lady Laura Bush unveils Red Dress
Collection. |
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
recently brought The Heart Truth campaign's red dress symbol to
life at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with
the debut of a new exhibit — The First Ladies Red Dress Collection.
Unveiled during National Women's Health Week, the historic exhibit
featured red gowns, suits and dresses lent by Mrs. Laura Bush and
six former First Ladies, who have joined The Heart Truth to raise
awareness about women's heart disease. The Red Dress is the national
symbol for women and heart disease awareness and the centerpiece
of NHLBI's campaign to raise awareness of the number 1 killer of
American women.
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