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Environmental health studies the relationships between the environment and human health and wellbeing. These include how factors such as climate change, air pollution, sanitation, radiation, and agricultural practices can directly impact health.
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JUN 18, 2017Videos
We've all been warned about the harmful link between the sun's ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer. But did you know t ...JUN 14, 2017Cardiology
Environmental and lifestyle factors are key in the development of heart disease, a malady that affects a monumental amou ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A type of artificial intelligence is so well-trained on autistic brains that researchers say the technology can predict ...JUN 03, 2017Cancer
Sometimes scientists have to work in reverse. That is, they may know that a compound seems to treat a disease, but then ...JUN 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about how environmental factors influence the development of autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that can cause neurological disorders and harm brain development. The toxic pesticide was ba ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
Remember all the warnings about DAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline that will move North Dakota oil 1,200 miles through South D ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 25, 2017Cancer
Seemingly innocent sips of wine on the daily may be increasing a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, reports ...MAY 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
We know that air pollution is bad, and that pollution from sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and cardiovascular and respir ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2017Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
Did you buy your mother flowers yesterday? While those sweet-smelling roses may bring a smile to your mother’s fac ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 07, 2017Health & Medicine
Scientists are closely investigating phthalates, a component of plastics used during processing to increase flexibility, ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 05, 2017Videos
Here's a perplexing and unsettling reality: People who do their best to adopt a healthy lifestyle, including limiting ex ...MAY 04, 2017Neuroscience
The benefits of human umbilical cord blood are well known for fighting cancer and harvesting stem cells, but new researc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 03, 2017Microbiology
If you’re not familiar with Yersinia pestis, that’s okay. However, I’m sure you’re familiar with ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 14, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Maryland figured out why some Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections become invasive, while o ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists announced an interesting link between a common virus and celiac disease, one of the pernicious gastroint ...APR 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Any person curious about their personal genetic predisposition to 10 relatively well-known diseases can now do it in the ...APR 07, 2017Immunology
It is uncertain what precisely causes myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but it is definitely ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Migraine headaches are often so severe that they are incapacitating, and the pain, nausea and sensitivity to light and s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2017Microbiology
For many years, scientists have known about Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (BV), a special bacterium that can kill other mic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2017Cancer
Here’s a perplexing and unsettling reality: People who do their best to adopt a healthy lifestyle, including limit ...MAR 19, 2017Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Iceland has generated a wealth of genetic data. The island nation is isolated, so since it was settled around 1,200 year ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2017
Videos
We've all been warned about the harmful link between the sun's ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer. But did you know t
...
JUN 14, 2017
Cardiology
Environmental and lifestyle factors are key in the development of heart disease, a malady that affects a monumental amou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A type of artificial intelligence is so well-trained on autistic brains that researchers say the technology can predict
...
JUN 03, 2017
Cancer
Sometimes scientists have to work in reverse. That is, they may know that a compound seems to treat a disease, but then
...
JUN 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about how environmental factors influence the development of autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that can cause neurological disorders and harm brain development. The toxic pesticide was ba
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Remember all the warnings about DAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline that will move North Dakota oil 1,200 miles through South D
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 25, 2017
Cancer
Seemingly innocent sips of wine on the daily may be increasing a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, reports
...
MAY 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We know that air pollution is bad, and that pollution from sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and cardiovascular and respir
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Did you buy your mother flowers yesterday? While those sweet-smelling roses may bring a smile to your mother’s fac
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 07, 2017
Health & Medicine
Scientists are closely investigating phthalates, a component of plastics used during processing to increase flexibility,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 05, 2017
Videos
Here's a perplexing and unsettling reality: People who do their best to adopt a healthy lifestyle, including limiting ex
...
MAY 04, 2017
Neuroscience
The benefits of human umbilical cord blood are well known for fighting cancer and harvesting stem cells, but new researc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 03, 2017
Microbiology
If you’re not familiar with Yersinia pestis, that’s okay. However, I’m sure you’re familiar with
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 14, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Maryland figured out why some Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections become invasive, while o
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists announced an interesting link between a common virus and celiac disease, one of the pernicious gastroint
...
APR 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Any person curious about their personal genetic predisposition to 10 relatively well-known diseases can now do it in the
...
APR 07, 2017
Immunology
It is uncertain what precisely causes myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but it is definitely
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Migraine headaches are often so severe that they are incapacitating, and the pain, nausea and sensitivity to light and s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2017
Microbiology
For many years, scientists have known about Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (BV), a special bacterium that can kill other mic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2017
Cancer
Here’s a perplexing and unsettling reality: People who do their best to adopt a healthy lifestyle, including limit
...
MAR 19, 2017
Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Iceland has generated a wealth of genetic data. The island nation is isolated, so since it was settled around 1,200 year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch