Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As temperatures rise, mosquitos are also on the move. Scientists worry that could mean more malaria
As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward.
Jul 20, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Increased temperatures contributed to more than 200,000 cases of kidney disease in 15 years in Brazil alone: study
Today the world's largest study of the impact of temperature changes and kidney disease reveals that 7.4 percent of all hospitalisations for renal disease can be attributed to an increase in temperature. In Brazil—where ...
Oct 31, 2021
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Scientists project northward expansion of Valley fever by end of 21st century
Valley fever is endemic to hot and dry regions such as the southwestern United States and California's San Joaquin Valley, but scientists at the University of California, Irvine predict that climate change will cause the ...
Sep 16, 2019
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Could rising temperatures send more people with multiple sclerosis to the hospital?
As average temperatures around the globe climb, a preliminary study has found people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may expect worsening symptoms, enough to send them to the hospital more often. The preliminary study released ...
Mar 2, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
There's actually a word for the climate change-induced despair you've been feeling
In a sunny Australian city known for being one of the world's largest coal export ports, an environmental philosopher would often field pleading calls from residents.
Sep 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Diseases from ticks, fleas, mosquitoes soar in US
Diseases from mosquitoes, ticks and flea bites tripled in the United States from 2004 to 2016, and officials said Tuesday rising temperatures and an increasingly connected global society are to blame.
May 1, 2018
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Medical economics
How the defunding of prevention and effects of climate change drive the rebound of malaria in Peru
Malaria control programs in Amazonian Peru helped reduce the incidence of the deadly parasitic disease by 78 percent. That is, until the programs ceased to operate.
Mar 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Largest quantitative synthesis to date reveals what predicts human behavior and how to change it
Pandemics, global warming, and rampant gun violence are all clear lessons in the need to move large groups of people to change their behavior. When a crisis hits, researchers, policymakers, health officials, and community ...
May 3, 2024
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HIV & AIDS
50-year forecast offers hope for HIV and cancer patients and predicts climate change to increasingly set agenda
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we think about health and revealed significant flaws within our health care systems. It has also raised questions about the role of technology, as well as ethical concerns about the ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations, research shows
Researchers have debated for more than two decades the likely impacts, if any, of global warming on the worldwide incidence of malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that infects more than 300 million people each year.
Mar 6, 2014
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