Cardiology
How are asthma and heart health linked?
Although the heart and lungs are neighbors in your chest, people may think of them as separate entities with unrelated problems.
May 20, 2024
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News tagged with climatic factors
Health
Number of people experiencing poor health, early death from metabolism-related risk factors has increased since 2000
The latest findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021, published in The Lancet, provide new insights into health challenges and the risk factors that are driving them.
May 16, 2024
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Cardiology
Climate change and chemical exposure can damage newborns' hearts, say experts
The complex interplay of rising temperatures and exposure to polluting compounds and chemicals can damage children's hearts, experts have warned.
Apr 18, 2024
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Health
Chemicals stored in home garages linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk
Over the last decade, researchers at the University of Michigan have continued to find that exposure to environmental toxins—from pesticides used in agriculture to volatile organic compounds in the manufacturing industry—is ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Neuroscience
More than half a million global stroke deaths may be tied to climate change
A changing climate may be linked to growing death and disability from stroke in regions around the world, according to a study published in the April 10, 2024, online issue of Neurology.
Apr 10, 2024
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Inflammatory disorders
How does climate change affect eczema?
In an analysis of all relevant published studies that assessed atopic dermatitis (also known as eczema) associated with trends in climate-related hazards due to greenhouse gas emissions, investigators found that impacts include ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cases of chikungunya and Zika fall in Brazil, but most risk clusters exhibit an upward trend: Study
Analysis of occurrence and co-occurrence patterns shows the highest-risk clusters of chikungunya and Zika in Brazil spreading from the Northeast to the Center-West and coastal areas of São Paulo state and Rio de Janeiro ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Q&A: The intersection of fertility, Zika, COVID-19, climate conditions, urbanicity and inequality
In 2020, then a sociology professor at the University of Texas at Austin and principal investigator of Decode Zika, Letícia Marteleto was leading a team interviewing 4,000 women in Pernambuco, the Brazilian state hit hardest ...
Dec 1, 2023
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Neuroscience
How climate change could be affecting your brain
A new element of the catastrophic impacts of climate change is emerging—how global warming is impacting the human brain.
Nov 13, 2023
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Immunology
Summer thunderstorms can leave asthma-sufferers breathless
As the weather heats up, many are looking forward to getting outside for some fun in the sun. But for asthma-sufferers, the summer season can present dangerous conditions through asthma triggers that many are unaware of, ...
May 25, 2023
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