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Heroin prescription is no quick fix

This content was published on May 23, 2002 Thursday is the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Institute for Alcohol and Drug Prevention, and experts say the country has plenty to celebrate, not least its success in tackling heroin addiction. Today more than 1,100 heroin addicts, who have failed other attempts to shake off their addiction, receive daily doses of the drug – under…

“Pushing the limits” at student symposium

This content was published on May 22, 2002 The International Students’ Committee (ISC) event, with 1,000 participants, is focusing on the theme: “Pushing Limits – Questioning Goals”. Deiss will speak about the “feasible and desirable” in Swiss foreign policy. Nato secretary general Lord Robertson had been scheduled to speak at the opening session on the organisation’s partnerships and cooperation. However, he cancelled his…

Blood feuds scar Albanian society

This content was published on May 22, 2002 Blood feuds have a long history, based on Albania’s ancient laws governing conduct, known as the Kanun. Feuding is a traditional way of avenging conflicts between families in the mountains of northern Albania, and once one male member of a family has been killed, all adult males in both families are sworn to kill one…

Schumacher abandons housing plans

This content was published on May 21, 2002 The four-time Formula One world champion abandoned his plans to move to the Appenzeller village of Wolfhalden after having been rejected by the national authorities. According to a Mario Pighi, head of the local council, Schumacher did not want to put his family through a long decision process, which could have held up his planning…

Couchepin hails Romania trip a success

This content was published on May 21, 2002 During his stay in the capital, Bucharest, Couchepin held talks with the Romanian president, Ion Iliescu, and attended a meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Couchepin stressed that while certain problems remained, Romania possessed great potential. The Swiss economics minister held an hour-long meeting on Monday with Iliescu, which was described…

Swiss seeking more psychiatric help

This content was published on May 20, 2002 Several explanations have been put forward for the increase in visits to psychiatrists and clinics. One view is that an ageing population means more people are suffering from dementia and depression. Others blame the lack of social services, which they say is causes more mental health problems among vulnerable people. What is clear is that…

Shrinking technology helps the hard of hearing

This content was published on May 20, 2002 Phonak, based in Stäfa near Zurich, has created a range of “hearing computers”, which sit inside the auditory canal and imitate the function of healthy ears. Although the company is still working on a micro scale (one thousandth of a millimetre), Phonak has been monitoring a Swiss nanotechnology roadshow, which recently wound up a visit…

Swiss to help Romania cut pollution

This content was published on May 18, 2002 The Swiss economics minister, Pascal Couchepin, announced on Friday during a visit to Romania that Switzerland would donate SFr4 million ($2.5 million) to help the city reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its heating system. The money will count as part of Switzerland’s contribution to the Kyoto agreement, which includes a series of obligations on the…

Bubbles burst the best efforts of watchmakers

This content was published on May 18, 2002 The culprits, it turns out, are bubbles of gas which form during the metalisation process. The metal is deposited on these bubbles, which vanish more or less instantaneously, leaving tiny imprints which are the origin of plating defects. The team of Swiss and Asian researchers – working with the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne…

Roche drug offers hope for Alzheimer’s sufferers

This content was published on May 16, 2002 Tests carried out by Swiss, British and Japanese researchers have found that the non-toxic drug, CPHPC, erodes clumps of the amyloid protein that builds up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. They think the protein may be responsible for causing the loss of brain cells in Alzheimer’s sufferers, leading to dementia. Clinical trials are set…

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