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New diagnostic method shows COPD risk higher for women

Researchers from Lund University Sweden have through a new diagnostic method been able to show that the risk of developing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease could be twice as high for women as it is for men.

19 Jan 2016

WHO launches new comprehensive analysis of global health trends

The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years.

10 Dec 2015

Adverse environmental changes present potential health hazards to eyes

Another reason to worry about climate change: Expanding areas of arid land, air pollution, and greater exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation all present potential health hazards to your eyes, according to Sheila West, Ph.D., vice chair for research at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University.

9 Dec 2015

Air pollution accounts for over 430 000 premature deaths in Europe, shows new report

Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in Europe. It shortens people’s lifespan and contributes to serious illnesses such as heart disease, respiratory problems and cancer.

1 Dec 2015

Leading University of Leicester experts to discuss climate issues at Framing the Climate Crisis event

Leading experts from the University of Leicester will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world's top environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades - at an event on Wednesday 25 November.

23 Nov 2015

Higher levels of air pollution in major urban areas linked to heart attack risks in people 65 and older

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found a link between higher levels of a specific kind of air pollution in major urban areas and an increase in cardiovascular-related hospitalizations such as for heart attacks in people 65 and older.

18 Nov 2015

WHO: Strong actions needed to address climate change to protect people's health

According to WHO estimates, climate change is already causing tens of thousands of deaths every year - from shifting patterns of disease, from extreme weather events, such as heat-waves and floods, and from the degradation of air quality, food and water supplies, and sanitation.

18 Nov 2015

Experts develop low-cost method to combat deadly form of air pollution

People could soon be using their smartphones to combat a deadly form of air pollution, thanks to a potentially life-saving breakthrough by RMIT University researchers in Melbourne, Australia.

11 Nov 2015

University of Surrey-led study reveals causes of Delhi's pollution problems

A new study "Air Pollution Challenges for developing megacities like Delhi" published today in Atmospheric Environment has described how Delhi suffers a toxic blend of geography, growth, poor energy sources and unfavourable weather that perpetuates and propagates its dangerously high levels of air pollution.

29 Oct 2015

Economically disadvantaged immigrants of non-English speaking Latinos exposed to harmful air pollution

New research finds that economically disadvantaged immigrant neighborhoods of non-English speaking Latinos are more likely to be exposed to cancer-causing air toxics than comparable communities of any other racial group in the United States.

29 Oct 2015

New studies analyse life expectancy, causes of death and child mortality in different regions of China

Two new studies, published in The Lancet, reveal for the first time how health in different regions of China has changed in recent decades.

28 Oct 2015

Localisation of policies crucial to China's health reforms, new studies suggest

Two new studies, published in The Lancet, reveal for the first time how health in different regions of China has changed in recent decades. The articles analyse life expectancy, causes of death, and child mortality for 31 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions of China, and Hongkong and Macao special administrative regions, finding that in the last two decades, life expectancy has risen, and deaths in children under 5 years have fallen, in every province.

26 Oct 2015

New WHO report reveals ways to reduce health risks from short-lived climate pollutants

A new World Health Organization report highlights the urgent need to reduce emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane - as well as carbon dioxide – which all contribute to climate change.

23 Oct 2015

Kaiser Permanente wins 2015 Green Power Leadership Award

Kaiser Permanente has won a 2015 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its use of wind energy and solar power in California and elsewhere around the country.

19 Oct 2015

NIH's BCERP launches Columbia Mailman School & Columbia University Medical Center site

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center together are one of six new sites being launched by the National Institutes of Health's Breast Cancer and Environment Research Program (BCERP).

16 Oct 2015

EU provides €3 million to support research on chronic lung disease

Researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry are part of an international consortium which has received funding of almost €3 million from the EU Horizon 2020 programme, to investigate methods to prevent, diagnose and treat non-communicable lung disease (such as asthma and chronic pulmonary obstructive disorder - COPD) in low and middle income countries.

5 Oct 2015

Living 'green' walls may affect health of office workers

New research by University of York academics reveals that living 'green' walls may have adverse health effects on office workers living in hot, polluted climates.

5 Oct 2015

FIGO takes stand on human exposure to toxic chemicals

Dramatic increases in exposure to toxic chemicals in the last four decades are threatening human reproduction and health, according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the first global reproductive health organization to take a stand on human exposure to toxic chemicals.

1 Oct 2015

Walking to work through quieter side streets may reduce risk of exposure to peaks in harmful air pollution

Commuting to work by walking on quieter side streets rather than main roads can help people avoid exposure to peaks in harmful air pollution, according to new research presented today at the European Respiratory Society's International Congress, 2015.

28 Sep 2015

UI study shows biomass has environmental and health benefits

Biomass burning sometimes gets a bad rap. That's because many associate the burning of living and dead vegetation with human-caused fires and clearing of land that release unhealthy particles and gases that spur global warming.

26 Sep 2015