A growing body of research ties environmental pollutants to worse health and shorter life spans for childhood cancer survivors. Yet medical providers lack sufficient resources to address these risks with patients, a recent ...
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US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday unveiled the Trump administration's long-awaited roadmap to tackle chronic disease, calling for better nutrition, tighter scrutiny of medical advertising, and even a new ...
Sep 9, 2025
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While emerging evidence suggests pesticides can be toxic to the mix of microorganisms in the digestive system, a new study is the first to map changes to specific gut bacteria based on interactions between human microbes ...
Jun 27, 2025
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Esther Bejarano's son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn't know what had triggered his symptoms—neither she nor her husband had asthma—but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the ...
Jun 16, 2025
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Barrow Neurological Institute and Mayo Clinic-led researchers report an association between living near golf courses and increased Parkinson's disease (PD) risk in a study published in JAMA Network Open.
About 740,000 suicides are reported annually: that's one death on average every 43 seconds, one of the many disturbing findings in the latest and most comprehensive analysis published today in The Lancet Public Health.
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A $70-billion market now, organic may be maturing, but younger consumers —including new parents and their babies—are eating it up. A survey released by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) finds that organic's benefits to ...
Feb 19, 2025
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Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing behavioral changes in animals not meant to be targeted, according to a large-scale study published on ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Some things may go without saying, but just in case... Belgium's food agency issued a public health warning as the festive season wrapped up Tuesday: don't eat your Christmas tree.
Jan 7, 2025
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Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper published today in Nature Reviews ...
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