Neuroscience
Cleaning up toxic 'protein clumps' could prevent dementia
The clean-up of cellular "protein clumps" could prevent the onset of some types of dementia, according to a new study from The University of Queensland.
Nov 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People who lack compassion for the environment are also less emotional in general
People who respond less emotionally to images of damage to the environment are also less emotional and empathic in general, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Sep 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oil spill cleanup workers more likely to have asthma symptoms
Researchers from the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study (GuLF STUDY) found that workers involved in cleaning up the nation's largest oil spill were 60% more likely than those who did not work on the cleanup to be diagnosed with ...
Aug 17, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
From bushfires, to floods, to COVID-19: How cumulative disasters harm our health and erode our resilience
Many of us will be exposed to a disaster in our lifetime. In the past two years alone, Australians have lived through bushfires, floods, cyclones, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 15, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New review of evidence linking the environment and mental health
A NERC-commissioned environmental science and mental health review looks at the growing evidence of the link between environmental issues and mental health.
Aug 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Q&A: Finding meaning and resilience six months into the pandemic
After passing the six-month mark of coronavirus shutdowns, many people are still struggling to find hope and a sense of meaning in their lives. Much about the virus and how to control it remains uncertain; consequently, rates ...
Nov 13, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill suffered physical, mental health effects
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig triggered what would become the largest marine oil spill in history. Before the well was finally capped 87 days later on July 15, an estimated 4 million barrels ...
Jul 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Decontamination wipe could also clean up bodily fluids contaminated with the coronavirus
A decontamination wipe invented by a Texas Tech University researcher to clean up toxic agents also could clean up bodily fluids contaminated with the coronavirus.
Mar 19, 2020
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Health
Air pollution is breaking our hearts: Human and marine health is affected in similar ways
Air pollution is associated with detrimental effects on human health, including increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Research published today in The Journal of Physiology by researchers at The University of Manchester ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reports continued PTSD in women exposed to deepwater horizon oil spill
A study led by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health reports that women exposed to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (BP) Oil Spill continue to experience symptoms of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Oil spill
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term often refers to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters. The oil may be a variety of materials, including crude oil, refined petroleum products (such as gasoline or diesel fuel) or by-products, ships' bunkers, oily refuse or oil mixed in waste. Spills take months or even years to clean up.
Oil is also released into the environment from natural geologic seeps on the sea floor. Most human-made oil pollution comes from land-based activity, but public attention and regulation has tended to focus most sharply on seagoing oil tankers.
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