It usually falls to scientists to talk about the urgency of the need to combat climate change, but Dr Ingo Weber is among a growing number of medicos who believe that doctors should also take a leading role.
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Could a better understanding of the brain's reward system—a network fine-tuned over millions of years and laser-focused on survival—help mankind skirt environmental disaster?
Jul 7, 2016
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Biomedical researchers like me probe the mechanistic basis of health and disease. In a long career working at the discovery end of the spectrum, I've been privileged to live through, and make some small contribution to, an ...
May 25, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Here's more bad news associated with climate change: Pregnant women exposed to air pollution or heat waves face a greater risk of having a preterm or underweight baby, a new research review finds.
Jun 18, 2020
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As Europe and the United States brace for the likely arrival of the Zika virus from Latin America this summer, experts warn global warming may accelerate the spread of mosquito-borne disease.
Apr 19, 2016
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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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A study by researchers at National Jewish Health published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology reports that air pollutants—including particulate matter, pollen, greenhouse gases, and other harmful substances—can ...
Apr 22, 2024
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A recent study published by Italian researchers shows that adhering to a Mediterranean-style diet can offer protection against type 2 diabetes. The paper is just the latest in a long line of research pointing out the wonders ...
Aug 30, 2013
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One of the sessions at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Stockholm, Sweden (19-23 September) focuses on how the environmental footprint of diabetes care can be mitigated. ...
Sep 20, 2022
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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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