http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Long term exposure to air pollution may be linked to heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries", according to a study by U.S. researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-air-pollution-hardening-arteries.html Health Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:02:33 EST news285955341 Lance Waller, PhD, chair of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, will present preliminary work that explores relationships between high-levels of air pollution exposure and health effects at a press briefing hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science on February 17. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-explores-associations-air-pollution-health.html Health Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:01:40 EST news280314064 Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants are significantly more likely to bear children of low birth weight, according to an international study led by co-principal investigator Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, MPH, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive sciences at UC San Francisco along with Jennifer Parker, PhD, of the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-maternal-exposure-outdoor-air-pollution.html Health Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:20:01 EST news279307544 A new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found an association between reductions in fine particulate matter and improved life expectancy in 545 counties in the U.S. from 2000 to 2007. It is the largest study to date to find beneficial effects to public health of continuing to reduce air pollution levels in the U.S. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-declining-air-pollution-life.html Health Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:50:02 EST news273775225 (HealthDay)—Levels of secondhand smoke outside smoking rooms and other designated smoking areas in airports are five times higher than in smoke-free airports, a new U.S. study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-airport-areas-expose-workers-cdc.html Health Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:05:53 EST news272653543 City centre residents who took part in a study were almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery calcification (CAC), which can lead to heart disease, than people who lived in less polluted urban and rural areas, according to research published in the May issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-heart-city-center-pollution-calcium.html Cardiology Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:41:12 EST news254652062 Short-term exposure (for up to 7 days) to all major air pollutants, with the exception of ozone, is significantly associated with an increased risk of heart attack, according to a review and meta-analysis of previous studies appearing in the February 15 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-short-term-exposure-major-air-pollutants.html Health Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:09 EST news248448728 A research team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst resource economist Sylvia Brandt, with colleagues in California and Switzerland, have revised the cost burden sharply upward for childhood asthma and for the first time include the number of cases attributable to air pollution, in a study released this week in the early online version of the European Respiratory Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-asthma-traffic-related-air-pollution-higher.html Health Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:40:01 EST news246774083 Air pollution from industrial sources near Michigan public schools jeopardizes children's health and academic success, according to a new study from University of Michigan researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-air-pollution-michigan-schools-linked.html Health Wed, 04 May 2011 14:49:39 EST news223739349