Cognitive-behavioral approach to treatment of obesity yields significant results
The study showed that interdisciplinary action facilitates weight loss, improves quality of life and eating behavior, and reduces symptoms of ...
Tag: Environmental Health
‘No level of smoke exposure is safe’
Study links secondhand smoke during pregnancy to epigenetic changes in babiesCredit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Nearly a quarter of pregnant ...
New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics
Potential benefits to health across species, communities and environments are enormousCredit: James Hassell/Smithsonian In the midst of a devastating global ...
Nanofiber filter captures almost 100% of coronavirus aerosols
The filter could help curb airborne spread of COVID-19 virusCredit: Yun Shen A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three ...
Peatlands pose complex, poorly understood risk for similar fires, researchers warn
Findings come five years after disastrous fire in Fort McMurray, AlbertaCredit: Sophie Wilkinson, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON May 18, 2021 ...
Family history, race and sex linked to higher rates of asthma in children
Henry Ford Health System-led study sheds new light on what groups of children are most susceptibleCredit: Henry Ford Health System ...
Ventilation in buildings: where water sanitation was in the 1800s
Credit: Jude Palmer/Royal Academy of Engineering A group of the world's leading experts in the transmission of airborne pathogens is ...
Study: Drivers with shift work sleep disorder 3x more likely to be in crash
Researchers at the University of Missouri College of Engineering also examined the relationship between vehicle crashes and two other sleep ...
Ticking upward: MU researcher studies rise of tick-borne diseases in Midwest
Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - When Ram Raghavan heard from a former colleague at the Centers for Disease ...
Protecting local water has global benefits
New paper published May 11, 2021 in Nature CommunicationsCredit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. 2019. ...
Study helps to better understand the link between indoor and outdoor air quality
Credit: Junyao Li People spend about 80-90% of their time indoors. Compared to outdoor air quality, the indoor air quality ...
Researchers develop mathematical model predicting disease spread patterns
With a wealth of information available from county health agencies, the research team has presented a model that predicts where ...
Study shows how low-protein intake during pregnancy can cause renal problems in offspring
In an article published in PLOS ONE, scientists at a FAPESP-supported research center describe the impact of hypoproteinemia on the ...
Without commuter traffic, pandemic-era drivers are speeding up, increasing noise pollution
BU ecologists say higher sound levels in Boston's Blue Hills Reservation could disrupt wildlife and human health benefits of nature ...
Prenatal environmental contaminants and childhood disease
Credit: PAS A state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting discussed prenatal ...
The intersection of child poverty with race, immigrant status and environmental threats
Credit: PAS A state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting will bring ...
Nanoplastics and other harmful pollutants found in disposable face masks — Regulation and research urgently needed, say experts
Credit: Swansea University Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when ...
Young people and adolescents know too little about pathogens such as COVID-19
Which are reciprocally transmitted from animals to humansCredit: Zucca P et al. The EU-funded BIO-CRIME project - with support from ...
200-year old poop shows rural elites in New England had parasitic infections
Study Finds Parasites in Fecal Samples from the 1830s-1840s in Privy on Dartmouth's CampusCredit: Images by Theresa Gildner. In the ...
As wildfires increase in severity, experts call for coordinated federal response
American Thoracic Society Workshop Report Co-Funded by ATS, NIEHS and EPACredit: ATS (New York, NY) - May 3, 2021 - ...
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