Health
Dramatic rise in deaths caused by climate change
A sharp surge in deaths is forecast without action to combat climate change, warns the biggest global study into the harmful effects from shifting temperatures.
Nov 14, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus response shows the world may not be ready for climate-induced pandemics
For weeks, the second largest economy in the world screeched to a halt. Stunned by the rapid spread of coronavirus (now officially termed COVID-19), roughly half of China's population welcomed the Lunar New Year in a state ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Health
Toxic molds, fossil fuels, antibiotics linked to chemical intolerance: Survey
What initiates chemical intolerance (CI)? In a newly released survey of thousands of U.S. adults, respondents most frequently cited exposures to biological sources, such as mold and algae "blooms," and/or fossil fuels, their ...
Sep 1, 2023
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Climate change concerns have largely ignored role of access to effective contraception
Climate change concerns have largely ignored the importance of universal access to effective contraception, despite the impact of population growth on greenhouse gas emissions, argue experts in the journal BMJ Sexual & Reproductive ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Climate change could unlock new microbes and increase heat-related deaths
The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) recently published "Viewpoint" articles by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professors who warn that global climate change is likely to unlock dangerous new microbes, ...
Jan 22, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Tire wear and higher temperatures found to accelerate neurodegeneration in C. elegans models
Scientists at the IUF—Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf, Germany, have shown that tire wear, age and temperature accelerate neurodegeneration (i.e. the decline of nerve cells) in models ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Health
Nearly half of tap water Americans drink is tainted with PFAS 'forever chemicals'
"Forever chemicals" are widespread in the environment, and new research finds they can be detected in about 45% of U.S. tap water samples.
Jul 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mysterious disease may be tied to climate change, researcher says
A mysterious kidney disease that has killed over 20,000 people in Central America, most of them sugar cane workers, may be caused by chronic, severe dehydration linked to global climate change, according to a new study by ...
Oct 8, 2015
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Health
Heat has stronger effect on health in less developed cities, study finds
Compared to high income cities, less developed cities in Brazil have a higher hospitalization rate associated with increased heat exposure, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Yuming Guo of the ...
Oct 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is climate change to blame for New England's EEE outbreak?
The question shadows the current outbreak of Eastern equine encephalitis in Southern New England: Is the high number of human cases of the mosquito-borne virus this year part of a natural cycle, or is it linked to the changing ...
Oct 16, 2019
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