Health
9/11 responders may face higher odds for dementia
After helping America through one of its worst tragedies, some responders to the events of 9/11 may now face another foe: Heightened risks for dementia.
Jun 13, 2024
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Wristband monitors provide detailed account of air pollution exposure
Environmental epidemiologists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Oregon State University, Pacific Northwest National Labs, and Mt. Sinai ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Time to inform the public about the adverse effects of ultra-processed foods, researchers say
A team led by researchers from the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Université Paris Cité, France, has summarized where we are in our understanding of the adverse health effects related to ultra-processed food with some ...
Health
How wildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of miles away—a toxicologist explains
Smoke from more than 200 wildfires burning across Canada has been turning skies hazy in North American cities far from the flames.
May 23, 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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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons strongly linked to raised rheumatoid arthritis risk
The amount of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAH for short, is strongly linked to a person's risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, suggests research published in the open access journal ...
May 9, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Each year spent working with certain chemicals raises risk of pancreatic cancer, finds study
Jobs that regularly expose you to certain chemicals appear to steadily increase your risk of pancreatic cancer, a new analysis reports.
Apr 28, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Does eating processed meats cause colorectal cancer?
They're integral to summer, as ubiquitous as a zinced-up nose or a backyard cricket game. From December onward, walk into any gathering and processed meats are being served. It's the bacon sizzling on the barbecue, the cured ...
Jan 16, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Research collaboration changes international classification of firefighting to carcinogenic
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently classified occupational exposure as a firefighter as "carcinogenic," changing the previous classification of "possibly carcinogenic." The reclassification came ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Houston residents' chemical exposure increased post-Hurricane Harvey, study finds
Researchers at Oregon State University used silicone wristbands to measure Houston residents' increased exposure to hazardous chemicals in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
Jul 18, 2022
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