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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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APR 20, 2015Microbiology
A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to labor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
In a feat that would have been unachievable only a few years ago, researchers at UC San Francisco have pulled aside the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better poli ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Cardiology
Remediating neighborhood blight by greening vacant lots could reduce stress and improve health, according to a new study ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 07, 2015Earth & The Environment
In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofu ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
New research shows that characteristics passed between generations are not decided solely by DNA, but can be brought abo ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 03, 2015Earth & The Environment
Farmers who are considering selling corn residue from their fields to produce cellulosic ethanol first should weigh a ra ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 30, 2015Health & Medicine
Meet the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell plate is the UK government's official food guide about which foods we should eat to ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In the four decades since Stanford's Gerald Reaven, MD, helped demonstrate that insulin resistance can lead to type 2 di ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 25, 2015Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 19, 2015Neuroscience
Bill Murray, he of the notoriously spontaneous behavior that usually delights, was asked at the premier of the film St. ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
As reported in the Washington Post, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2014, the economy grew ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 12, 2015Neuroscience
Narcolepsy, a chronic central nervous system disorder that occurs when the brain cannot normally regulate cycles of slee ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Microbiology
A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to labor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Maintaining the stability and the correct sequence of our genetic information is vital to the accurate transmission of o
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
In a feat that would have been unachievable only a few years ago, researchers at UC San Francisco have pulled aside the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better poli
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 10, 2015
Cardiology
Remediating neighborhood blight by greening vacant lots could reduce stress and improve health, according to a new study
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...
A great deal of public atten ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 07, 2015
Earth & The Environment
In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
New research shows that characteristics passed between generations are not decided solely by DNA, but can be brought abo
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Farmers who are considering selling corn residue from their fields to produce cellulosic ethanol first should weigh a ra
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
Meet the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell plate is the UK government's official food guide about which foods we should eat to
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In the four decades since Stanford's Gerald Reaven, MD, helped demonstrate that insulin resistance can lead to type 2 di
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Bill Murray, he of the notoriously spontaneous behavior that usually delights, was asked at the premier of the film St.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 17, 2015
Earth & The Environment
As reported in the Washington Post, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2014, the economy grew ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Narcolepsy, a chronic central nervous system disorder that occurs when the brain cannot normally regulate cycles of slee
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider