Pollution News and Research

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Two heart drugs may increase the risk of heart attack during hot-weather events

For people with coronary heart disease, beta-blockers can improve survival and quality of life, while aspirin and other antiplatelet medications can reduce the risk of a heart attack.

1 Aug 2022

Plant-based dietary alternatives to animal products offer a healthier and more sustainable solution

Plant-based dietary alternatives to animal products are better for the environment and for human health when compared with the animal products they are designed to replace, say the authors of a new study.

29 Jul 2022

New AI software can create proteins that may be useful as vaccines, cancer treatments

Scientists have developed artificial intelligence software that can create proteins that may be useful as vaccines, cancer treatments, or even tools for pulling carbon pollution out of the air.

21 Jul 2022

Hurricane Harvey exacerbated Houston residents' exposure to hazardous chemicals

Researchers at Oregon State University used silicone wristbands to measure Houston residents' increased exposure to hazardous chemicals in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

18 Jul 2022

Study: Air pollution responsible for 2,780 deaths and cognitive loss in children in Massachusetts

Air pollution remains a silent killer in Massachusetts, responsible for an estimated 2,780 deaths a year and for measurable cognitive loss in Bay State children exposed to fine particulate pollutants in the air they breathe, according to a new study by researchers at Boston College's Global Observatory on Planetary Health.

18 Jul 2022

Kids want to put Montana on trial for unhealthy climate policies

For her birthday every October, Grace Gibson-Snyder and her family explore the Lamar Valley just inside the northern border of Yellowstone National Park.

14 Jul 2022

Study confirms a causal link between lead-in-water and adverse fetal health outcomes

Lehigh University and Bentley University health economics researchers have published the first study to confirm a causal relationship between lead-in-water and adverse fetal health outcomes.

13 Jul 2022

The co-created challenges and opportunities of climate change and COVID-19 interactions

A new review aimed to highlight the opportunities as well as challenges of the interaction of COVID-19 and climate change.

7 Jul 2022

A Spanish study found traces of environmental pollution in breast milk

A new study reveals that breast milk is often contaminated by environmental pollutants.

6 Jul 2022

Neighborhood ‘redlining’ may increase risk of cardiovascular diseases

The historical discriminatory housing policies known as "redlining" are associated with heart disease and related risk factors today in impacted neighborhoods, more than 60 years after they were banned, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

4 Jul 2022

Volatile organic compounds from breath, sweat, tears can act as fingerprints of thousands of diseases

Scientists are working on diagnostic techniques that could sniff out chemical compounds from breath, sweat, tears and other bodily emissions and that act as fingerprints of thousands of diseases.

30 Jun 2022

Study quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by specific environmental exposures

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by exposure to specific environmental factors, showing, for example, that air pollution heightens the risk of heart disease mortality by 17 percent.

24 Jun 2022

Environmental factors are highly predictive of people's risk of death, study shows

Along with high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking, environmental factors such as air pollution are highly predictive of people's chances of dying, especially from heart attack and stroke, a new study shows.

24 Jun 2022

Light exposure at night linked to obesity, hypertension and diabetes among older adults

In a sample of older men and women ages 63 to 84, those who were exposed to any amount of light while sleeping at night were significantly more likely to be obese, and have high blood pressure and diabetes compared to adults who were not exposed to any light during the night, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

22 Jun 2022

Pollution News and Research

Latest Pollution News and Research

Two heart drugs may increase the risk of heart attack during hot-weather events

Plant-based dietary alternatives to animal products offer a healthier and more sustainable solution

New AI software can create proteins that may be useful as vaccines, cancer treatments

Hurricane Harvey exacerbated Houston residents' exposure to hazardous chemicals

Study: Air pollution responsible for 2,780 deaths and cognitive loss in children in Massachusetts

Kids want to put Montana on trial for unhealthy climate policies

Study confirms a causal link between lead-in-water and adverse fetal health outcomes

The co-created challenges and opportunities of climate change and COVID-19 interactions

A Spanish study found traces of environmental pollution in breast milk

Neighborhood ‘redlining’ may increase risk of cardiovascular diseases

Volatile organic compounds from breath, sweat, tears can act as fingerprints of thousands of diseases

Study quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by specific environmental exposures

Environmental factors are highly predictive of people's risk of death, study shows

Light exposure at night linked to obesity, hypertension and diabetes among older adults

Using air filters at home can reduce negative impacts of air pollution on children's brain development

Rensselaer researchers develop a way to make N95 face masks as germ killers

Agricultural soil emissions impact population health and climate

Scientists discover a direct pathway for transport of inhaled fine particles from lungs to the brain

People living in South Asia could lose about five years of life expectancy to air pollution

It’s hot outside — and that’s bad news for children’s health

Innovation in neuroscience drug discovery - eBook eBook

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

From street to lab: Advancing controlled substance testing with handheld Raman and FTIR

Pollution News and Research

Latest Pollution News and Research

Innovation in neuroscience drug discovery - eBook eBook

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

From street to lab: Advancing controlled substance testing with handheld Raman and FTIR

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