Air pollution is an invisible killer that lurks all around us, preying on the young and old. Learn how it slips unnoticed past our body’s defenses causing deaths from heart attack, strokes, lung disease and cancer. Watch here… The post WHO: Breathe Life – How air pollution impacts your body appeared first on Healthier [...]
As miracle cures are hard to come by, any claims that a treatment is 100% safe and effective must always be viewed with intense scepticism. There is perhaps one exception. Physical activity has been called a miracle cure by no less a body than the Academy of Medical Sciences (http://bit.ly/2lTqDvc); and, like those who avail [...]
Highlights • PTB was significantly associated with traffic air pollutant NO2 exposure during pregnancy. • The effect of NO2 exposure in the conception month and 1st trimester was more important. • Indoor mold/damp stains in pregnancy was also related with an increased risk of PTB. • There is a significant interaction between outdoor [...]
Physicians caring for patients with rhinitis should be cognizant of association with depression In patients with nonallergic rhinitis, the risk of developing depression increased twofold compared to those without rhinitis, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Without distinguishing between allergic and nonallergic rhinitis, rhinitis increased an individual’s odds [...]
Highlights • This paper identifies different global environmental reservoirs carrying CRE. • First study focusing on carbapenem-resistant genes in all environmental reservoirs. • Carbapenemase-producing genes were identified in water, animals, food, and soil. • There have been two reported human infections from environmentally sourced CRE. • Quantitative dynamics of CRE [...]
Abstract Particle transfer across the placenta has been suggested but to date, no direct evidence in real-life, human context exists. Here we report the presence of black carbon (BC) particles as part of combustion-derived particulate matter in human placentae using white-light generation under femtosecond pulsed illumination. BC is identified in all screened placentae, with an [...]
UK government says it expects disease to arrive within a year as China ditches pork tariffs South Korea is the latest country to confirm an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), as the UK government has said it expects the disease to arrive within a year. In the midst of what has been described as the “largest ever animal [...]
Female-only factors add another layer When it comes to stroke, women and men share the major risk factors: smoking, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol. But stroke risk in women also is influenced by female-only factors, such as hormones, childbirth, pregnancy, birth control pills and migraine headaches with aura, among others. These female-only factors are why women [...]
The measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest in the world and continues to trend and spread geographically. Through September 1 this year, officials have reported 179,477 suspected measles cases including 3,559 deaths (CFR 2.0%). Cases have been reported from more than 90 percent health zones across all 26 provinces [...]
Health officials in Tuscany, Italy are reporting (computer translated) an outbreak of the superbug bacterium, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospitals since November 2018. Read more at Outbreak News… The post Italy: Superbug NDM-1 outbreak reported in Tuscany appeared first on Healthier Environment Living Program.
