Health
FDA discussing ban of formaldehyde in hair straighteners
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to ban formaldehyde as an ingredient in chemical hair straighteners, also known as relaxers.
May 14, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
AI aids analysis of lifetime environmental exposures
The idea that biology is not destiny is hardly new. Studies in twins have shown that even among identical pairs—those sharing 100% of their DNA—the same disease genes do not turn into full-blown illness in both individuals.
May 13, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Early onset bowel cancer cases increasing in New Zealand
There's a fresh call for a lowering of the bowel cancer screening age in Aotearoa New Zealand, in the wake of new University of Otago, Christchurch research showing an alarming rise in colorectal cancer rates in younger New ...
May 8, 2024
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Health
Improved nutrition, sanitation linked to beneficial changes in child stress and epigenetic programming
We're increasingly aware of how environmental factors influence a child's early development and health trajectory. We've mostly learned this through research involving direct observations of how ambient conditions like air ...
May 6, 2024
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Genetics
Malaria may shorten leukocyte telomeres among sub-Saharan Africans, study finds
The length of telomeres in white blood cells, known as leukocytes, varies significantly among sub-Saharan African populations, researchers report in The American Journal of Human Genetics. Moreover, leukocyte telomere length ...
May 2, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding youth nicotine use to prevent initiation and escalation
Using multiple nicotine products can be associated with higher levels of nicotine dependence among youth and increased mortality in adults, compared with the use of one product alone. Yale researchers have now uncovered factors ...
May 1, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New clinical practice guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for age-related hearing loss
The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) has published "Clinical Practice Guideline: Age-Related Hearing Loss" in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. This clinical practice ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Health
Research shows link between pollution and heart risks in residents of the city of São Paulo, Brazil
The relationship between living in a polluted city like São Paulo (Brazil) and lung disease or cancer is well known. But the problems go further. Unprecedented research shows that long-term exposure to air pollution is directly ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Scientists discover potential biomarkers of environmental exposures in Parkinson's disease
A team of Northwestern Medicine investigators has discovered novel DNA methylation patterns in the blood of patients with Parkinson's disease, according to findings published in Annals of Neurology.
Apr 26, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cases in younger people are on the rise
In the United States this year alone, there will be an anticipated 2,001,140 new cancer cases—leading to an estimated 611,720 related deaths. That's 5,480 new cases and 1,680 deaths every day. And, according to a recent ...
Apr 25, 2024
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