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Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollutants associated with toddler allergies
A new article in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology shows a significant association...
4 hours ago - News Medical
Plastic pollution is killing beneficial bacteria in the ocean that help us breathe
When it comes to pollution, not even the smallest organism is safe from its effects. Researchers from various institutions in Australia and Denmark revealed that plastic in the...
14 hours ago - Natural News
Carolyn Konheim, Foe of All That Befouled a City, Dies at 81
Finding her sons' clothes speckled with soot, a history teacher was transformed into an influential New York environmentalist with pollution in her sights.
1 day ago - NY Times
Par for the course: Concerned teen diver stumbles upon vast sea of golf balls that pollute the California coast
Hundreds of thousands of golf balls have littered the seabed off the coast of California. First discovered by a teenager, the toxic plastic trash is now getting cleaned up...
1 day ago - Natural News
Gruesome photos of dead dolphin highlights the unresolved plastic problem along Britain's coastline
Plastic pollution in the ocean has claimed yet another marine animal as a victim - and in a particularly disturbing way. Gruesome images of a dead dolphin on a beach in...
3 days ago - Natural News
New study reveals high levels of pollution in London Underground
Researchers have carried out the first comprehensive study of fine particles on the London Underground to evaluate the exposure of people traveling on different parts of the...
3 days ago - ScienceDaily
Weekly Health Quiz: Pollution, Exercise and Emotions
1 Which of the following is an important component of chronic disease prevention, including cancer? Increasing water intake and decreasing dairy Restricting your bowel...
3 days ago - Mercola
Air pollution linked to several new causes of hospital admissions
Short term exposure to fine particulate matter in the air is associated with several newly identified causes of hospital admissions, even at levels below international air...
4 days ago - ScienceDaily
Can air pollution negatively affect the growth of an unborn child?
Exposure to polluted air is harmful to everyone, especially for babies who are still in the womb of their mothers. A review published in the journal Environmental Research...
5 days ago - Natural News
Interactive map reveals London's most polluted tube stations
Scientists at King's College London sent researchers to underground stations around the city and found Stockwell had the most polluted air while the District Line was cleanest.
6 days ago - Daily Mail
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Living in extreme environmental conditions can ultimately harm your brain and, in particular, the production of new nerve cells in the dentate gyrus, an area of the hippocampus...
Los Angeles considers shuttering celebrity favorite hookah lounges
The ban, to be discussed by the city council's Health Committee hearing today, is a bid to curb tobacco use among teenagers, as data released today show rising rates of teens...
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New Results for Experimental Alzheimer's Drug
Studies on aducanumab were halted earlier this year because the drug didn't appear to be effective. But the new results suggest it's effective at a high dose, the Associated...
More than 140,000 people were killed by measles last year
There were 9,769,400 cases globally in 2018, with the majority being babies and children under the age of five. A boy in Samoa - currently battling an outbreak - is pictured...
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The research included 38 obese patients who had weight-loss surgery and 19 obese patients who were on the waiting list for weight-loss surgery.
Flesh-Eating Infection Tied to Heroin Kills Seven
All of the deaths occurred in San Diego County, CA.
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Last names are a great way to connect with our roots. Japanese last names show a particularly strong connection to the country's breathtaking nature and clan history. In...
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women can compromise neonates
Researchers from McGill University Sainte Anne de Bellevue in Canada conducted a scoping review to provide an overview of the latest evidence from studies regarding the impact...
Fasting for 14 hours a day may cut risks for diabetes, heart disease
University of California, San Diego, researchers put 19 people at risk for the three chronic disease on a schedule that let them eat whatever they wanted, but only in a 10-hour...