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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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JUL 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An international consortium of researchers has published four related papers, in Nature Biotechnology here and here, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 1 million patients in th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2016Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2016Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 23, 2016Health & Medicine
For unknown reasons, T lymphocytes are known to go rogue, leaving the bloodstream to attack the myelin sheath, the insul ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2016Health & Medicine
At Vergenoegd Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa, people are wild for ducks. This vineyard starting using ducks a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers devised a method to improve oral bacteriophage therapy. The group, made up of investigators from the Autonom ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 14, 2016Neuroscience
Any woman who has been pregnant can attest to the stress it can cause. Even in in a typical pregnancy, especially with f ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
Perhaps one of the best feelings in the world is slipping into the cool silky salt of the ocean. Whether a quiet evening ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 08, 2016Health & Medicine
In 1985 China’s foreign fishing industry was just a little dot on the radar. Today it covers the entire map. With ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 31, 2016Cardiology
According to a Dutch study of 1,374 teenagers, children with a certain family history of cardiovascular disease and/or t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2016Health & Medicine
Malnourishment encompasses both under- and overnutrition, and for the approximately five million children that die each ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 26, 2016Health & Medicine
Picture this scene. It is a blistering hot late-July day, so hot that even the shade seems to melt away. Pink-skinned ch ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 24, 2016Videos
China and South Korea have announced a collaboration to look at ways to solve the increasing air pollution problem. Duri ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 18, 2016Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 17, 2016Videos
Can there be racism in terms of environmental pollution and other hazards? It's a concern that is often overlooked by en ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 12, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a serious public health problem. Figuring out how antibiotic resistance genes disperse ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2016Microbiology
The study of microbiomes has expanded from organisms to the environment, and in the United States, to the Built Environm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2016Immunology
In a new study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, researchers from the University of Geneva discovered a new ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2016Microbiology
Scientists first saw the microbiome when doing ribosomal RNA sequencing and getting so much of what many thought was con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2016Videos
While the news out of Flint MI about the lead contaminated water supply is certainly dominating headlines, it's not the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 01, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a microbiome in the reproductive tract of male mice that harbors potentially harmful bacteria ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To avoid serious infections and complications, all medical implants must be sterilized prior to being put inside patient ...APR 26, 2016Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An international consortium of researchers has published four related papers, in Nature Biotechnology here and here, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 1 million patients in th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2016
Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
For not completely understood reasons, certain genetic and environmental factors influence the body’s immune syste
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
For unknown reasons, T lymphocytes are known to go rogue, leaving the bloodstream to attack the myelin sheath, the insul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2016
Health & Medicine
At Vergenoegd Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa, people are wild for ducks. This vineyard starting using ducks a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers devised a method to improve oral bacteriophage therapy. The group, made up of investigators from the Autonom
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 14, 2016
Neuroscience
Any woman who has been pregnant can attest to the stress it can cause. Even in in a typical pregnancy, especially with f
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Perhaps one of the best feelings in the world is slipping into the cool silky salt of the ocean. Whether a quiet evening
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
In 1985 China’s foreign fishing industry was just a little dot on the radar. Today it covers the entire map. With
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 31, 2016
Cardiology
According to a Dutch study of 1,374 teenagers, children with a certain family history of cardiovascular disease and/or t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
Malnourishment encompasses both under- and overnutrition, and for the approximately five million children that die each
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
Picture this scene. It is a blistering hot late-July day, so hot that even the shade seems to melt away. Pink-skinned ch
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 24, 2016
Videos
China and South Korea have announced a collaboration to look at ways to solve the increasing air pollution problem. Duri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2016
Videos
Can there be racism in terms of environmental pollution and other hazards? It's a concern that is often overlooked by en
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 12, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a serious public health problem. Figuring out how antibiotic resistance genes disperse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2016
Microbiology
The study of microbiomes has expanded from organisms to the environment, and in the United States, to the Built Environm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2016
Immunology
In a new study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, researchers from the University of Geneva discovered a new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists first saw the microbiome when doing ribosomal RNA sequencing and getting so much of what many thought was con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2016
Videos
While the news out of Flint MI about the lead contaminated water supply is certainly dominating headlines, it's not the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 01, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a microbiome in the reproductive tract of male mice that harbors potentially harmful bacteria
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To avoid serious infections and complications, all medical implants must be sterilized prior to being put inside patient
...
APR 26, 2016
Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)