Health
How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires
Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S.
Jun 29, 2023
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News tagged with environmental conditions
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study decodes patterns of pneumoconiosis among coal miners
At work, coal miners are constantly exposed to silica or coal dust, which tends to settle in their lungs. This irritates the lungs, causing inflammation, fibrosis, and breathing problems. Although coal workers' pneumoconiosis ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Diabetes
Maternal vitamin D deficiency found to increase lifetime diabetes risk in offspring
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a process in immune cells that links vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in offspring. The researchers ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers identify new treatment targets for chronic pain patients
Exposure to opioids under chronic pain conditions produces unique gene expression changes in brain regions associated with cognition, emotion, and reward, according to preclinical research conducted at the Icahn School of ...
Jun 9, 2023
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Health
Ticks can take a licking from really tough weather
Ticks are extremely resilient even when temperatures vary wildly, according to scientists who are working to better understand the spread of Lyme disease.
Jun 5, 2023
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Health
Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live
Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend's birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest.
May 23, 2023
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Medical research
New test reveals existing antibiotics, hiding in plain sight on pharmacy shelves, can cure superbugs
A new test revealed that FDA-approved antibiotics—available at your neighborhood pharmacy—can effectively treat superbugs. They are not prescribed, however, because the gold-standard test predicts they will not work. ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cells may sense immune surveillance and actively adapt
Scientists have proposed a theory for how cancer cells might actively adapt themselves to the immune system to become resistant to immunotherapy, a study published today (April 25) in eLife reports.
Apr 25, 2023
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Health
Study links combined road noise and air pollution with raised blood pressure
A link between noisy road traffic with air pollutant and an increased chance of hypertension—a top risk factor for heart attack and stroke—has been identified by University of the West of Scotland (UWS) researchers.
Apr 24, 2023
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Medications
Antibiotic overprescribing permeates US hospital ICUs, finds study
In the United States, physicians in almost every specialty and role use antibiotics as part of their therapeutic armamentariums. Antibiotic prescribing is a longstanding part of medical practice for hospital-based physicians.
Apr 19, 2023
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