Health
Study explores impact of dust on London Underground staff
Researchers have carried out the largest study to date on the potential health impacts of airborne dust on the London Underground.
Mar 13, 2024
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News tagged with health effects
Health
New study quantifies health impacts from oil and gas flaring in US
A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment, Boston University School of Public Health and the Environmental Defense Fund finds that pollution from oil and ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Health
Q&A: Are nicotine pouches safe?
In an impressive showing of alliteration, Sen. Chuck Schumer recently described the trending nicotine product Zyn as a "pouch packed with problems" while delivering a warning to parents and calling for a federal investigation ...
Mar 8, 2024
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Medical research
Study finds consuming refined carbs might be linked to perceived facial attractiveness
In a new study, participants' levels of consumption of refined carbohydrates were statistically linked with their facial attractiveness as rated by heterosexual volunteers of the opposite sex. Visine and colleagues at the ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Communities of color across the US suffer a growing burden from polluted air, study suggests
Despite progress toward cleaner air in the US, a new study suggests that communities of color across the nation are shouldering a growing burden of diseases linked to air pollution. A paper published today by researchers ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Radiology & Imaging
Cannabis and weight loss drugs found to impact nuclear medicine gastrointestinal scans
The use of marijuana and new weight loss pharmaceuticals can have an impact on gastric emptying scans commonly used to evaluate patients with gastrointestinal complaints. With the increased usage of these drugs, physicians ...
Mar 5, 2024
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Health
Could the days of 'springing forward' be numbered? A neurologist and sleep expert explains
As people in the U.S. prepare to set their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 10, 2024, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Health
More than one billion now afflicted by obesity: Lancet
More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by The Lancet medical journal.
Mar 3, 2024
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Diabetes
Scientists from 18 countries join forces to put end to 'pervasive, global problem' of diabetes stigma and discrimination
Through a series of reviews of more than 100 research papers and a three-round Delphi questionnaire, a multidisciplinary panel of 51 scientists from 18 countries have reached consensus on a pledge to end the suffering diabetes ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Health
Deadly opioid detected in wastewater for the first time
University of Queensland researchers and international collaborators have found a deadly synthetic drug in wastewater in the United States—the first such detection globally.
Feb 23, 2024
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