Health
Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences
There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist.
Nov 10, 2022
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Health
Transitioning to net-zero emissions could be the greatest health opportunity of this century
Climate change threatens to undermine the health of people around the world, with more intense and frequent extreme weather events, increased heatwave exposure, climate-related food insecurity, alteration in the spread of ...
Nov 2, 2022
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Cardiology
30 years of data: Lead and other environmental toxins linked to CVD deaths in US, UK
In a comparison of cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths associated with environmental toxins over the past 30 years, lead exposure has contributed more to CVD death risks in the U.S. compared with the United Kingdom, while ...
Oct 31, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Does traffic-related air pollution increase risk of dementia?
Higher exposure to a certain type of traffic-related air pollution called particulate matter may be linked to an increased risk of dementia, according to a meta-analysis published in the October 26, 2022, online issue of ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Health
Persistent fossil fuel over-dependence puts health of current and future generations in jeopardy
As countries and health systems continue to grapple with the health, social and economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict in Ukraine, and a global energy and cost of living crisis, climate change continues ...
Oct 25, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover how air pollution triggers lung cancer
Scientists said Saturday they had identified the mechanism through which air pollution triggers lung cancer in non-smokers, a discovery one expert hailed as "an important step for science—and for society".
Sep 10, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
How air pollution can cause lung cancer in non-smokers
A new study led by researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute has demonstrated for the first time how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked.
Sep 10, 2022
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Health
Air pollution and climate change take a growing toll on children's health
A New England Journal of Medicine article reviews the evidence on the large and growing toll of air pollution and fossil fuel-driven climate change on children. Frederica Perera of Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Medical research
Shark antibodies may have the teeth to stop COVID-19
To combat viruses, one of humankind's oldest threats, researchers are studying predators with the oldest adaptive immune system in the animal kingdom: sharks.
Jun 1, 2022
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Health
New 'climate cardiology' specialty needed to tackle links between climate change and cardiovascular health
A new specialty of climate cardiology is needed to tackle the many links between climate change and cardiovascular health and simultaneously protect patients and the future of the planet, say experts in the open access journal ...
May 31, 2022
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