Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Climate change driving expansion of Lyme disease in the US
Warmer winter temperatures are leading to an increase in cases of Lyme disease in the United States, according to new research.
Dec 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
AI-based research reveals that extreme temperatures fuel online hate speech
Temperatures above or below a feel-good window of 12–21 degrees Celsius (54–70 °F) are linked to a marked rise in aggressive online behavior across the U.S., a new study finds. Analyzing billions of tweets posted on ...
Sep 7, 2022
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Health
Drought in Lesotho heightened HIV risk in girls
Adolescent girls exposed to severe drought conditions in rural Lesotho had higher rates of HIV, according to a new study led by researchers at ICAP at Columbia University, a global health organization based at the Columbia ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New malaria transmission patterns emerge in Africa
An international study reveals how future climate change could affect malaria transmission in Africa over the next century.
Aug 28, 2020
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Health
How to exercise in the summer without heat exhaustion
With a kilometer to go, triathlete Sarah True was pulled from the 2019 Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt, Germany, due to heat exhaustion. She was in the lead by seven minutes after having swum, biked and run nearly ...
Jul 11, 2019
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Research finds warming temperatures have a negative effect on fertility, birth rates
According to research by UCLA environmental economist Alan Barreca, hot weather reduces chances of getting pregnant—and the problem is expected to get worse because of global warming.
Jul 6, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Studies trace SARS-CoV-2 seasonal behavior back to genetics and global change
As the northern hemisphere heads into summer, we may be in for a COVID-19 reprieve. Not because the pandemic is over; the omicron subvariant "Arcturus" is still creeping upward and causing new symptoms. But two new studies ...
May 11, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Heat takes its toll on mental health
Hot days increase the probability that an average adult in the U.S. will report bad mental health, according to a study published March 25, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mengyao Li of the University of Georgia, ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Eight ways chemical pollutants harm the body
A new review of existing evidence proposes eight hallmarks of environmental exposures that chart the biological pathways through which pollutants contribute to disease: oxidative stress and inflammation, genomic alterations ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Pediatrics
Study shows grandmothers protected against infections in historical Finland
Researchers from the University of Turku and the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology investigated the role of grandmothers in preventing childhood mortality from infectious diseases in 18th and 19th century Finland. ...
Jun 19, 2023
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