Global warming is likely to increase the number of people requiring hospitalization due to critically low sodium levels in the blood, a condition known as hyponatremia. A new study from Karolinska Institutet projects that ...
Mar 8, 2022
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The number and intensity of storms and other extreme weather events are on the increase all over the world. The latest study by the Medical University of Vienna in cooperation with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Dec 20, 2013
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Joan Casey lived through frequent wildfire-season power outages when she lived in northern California. While waiting for the power to return, she wondered how the multi-day blackouts affected a community's health.
May 1, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Maybe it's a new soap or the dry, cold weather that has turned your hands red and itchy.
Mar 3, 2017
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Genomic research is widely expected to transform medicine, but progress has been slower than expected. While critics argue that the genomics "promise" has been broken – and that money might be better spent elsewhere—proponents ...
Jan 4, 2013
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As the weather heats up, many are looking forward to getting outside for some fun in the sun. But for asthma-sufferers, the summer season can present dangerous conditions through asthma triggers that many are unaware of, ...
May 25, 2023
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Extreme heat can raise the danger of heat-related illnesses and threaten health in a more subtle way—by amplifying the side effects of many common medications.
Jul 12, 2024
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"We've learned a lot during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic … how a virus can affect our behavior," Dartmouth University MD and Ph.D. candidate Abigail Dutton says in a short video that recently won second place in ...
Jan 20, 2022
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As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward.
Jul 20, 2023
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Homo sapiens is a very moody species. Even though sadness and bad moods have always been part of the human experience, we now live in an age that ignores or devalues these feelings.
May 15, 2017
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