Dentistry
Sipping is terrible for your teeth
If you think sugar, soda, and sticky sweets are bad for your teeth, you're right. But there's something even worse: sipping.
Jun 21, 2023
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News tagged with particles
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Air pollution, even at low levels, made COVID worse for patients and hospitals: Study
Exposure to air pollution meant an average of four extra days in hospital for COVID-19 patients, further increasing the burden on health care systems, according to a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal.
Jun 20, 2023
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Health
Why hay fever is so bad in the UK right now, and why thunderstorms make things worse
The UK is in the grip of a particularly bad period for hay fever, with people across the nation experiencing a relentless onslaught of sneezing, itchy eyes and nasal congestion. Visits to the NHS hay fever advice page have ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Health
Q&A: Smoke safety—what to know and how to keep safe with poor air quality
The air is thick, a yellowish gray blanketing the mid-Atlantic region. Streets are empty and quiet; commuters and dog walkers hurry by in masks cupped around their noses and mouths. Eyes sting. Breathing becomes labored. ...
Jun 9, 2023
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Health
Wildfires may fuel heart health hazards: Smoke exposure increases cardiovascular risks
As wildfires spread across southern Canada, smoke from those fires is rapidly drifting into the U.S. The American Heart Association, the world's leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health for all, warns ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Health
Haze from wildfires raises asthma, heart and other health concerns in U.S. Northeast
Health officials across the U.S. Northeast are warning residents to take precautions after wildfire smoke traveling south from Canada unleashed unhealthy air quality levels that pose a risk to the sick, elderly and young ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Tire wear and higher temperatures found to accelerate neurodegeneration in C. elegans models
Scientists at the IUF—Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf, Germany, have shown that tire wear, age and temperature accelerate neurodegeneration (i.e. the decline of nerve cells) in models ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Medical research
Tunable bonds: A step towards targeted At-211 cancer therapy
Astatine is the least abundant element on Earth, and all of its known isotopes have a half-life of less than 8 hours. One astatine isotope, astatine-211 (At-211), emits alpha particles and shows promise as a cancer therapy. ...
May 31, 2023
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Health
Ambient ultrafine particles may be more dangerous to human health
A new study conducted by Helmholtz Munich researchers reveals that ultrafine particles, representing the smallest size fraction of particulate air pollution, might be more dangerous to human health than larger particles. ...
May 15, 2023
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Neuroscience
Air pollution shown to worsen movement disorder after stroke
Air pollution has been shown to have a negative effect on the prognosis of ischemic stroke, or stroke caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, but the exact mechanism is unknown. A team of researchers recently conducted ...
May 10, 2023
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