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#934892013-04-30
Mediterranean Diet Linked to Preserving Memory
Apr. 29, 2013 — A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study suggests that the Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes consuming foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, chicken and salad dressing, and avoiding saturated fats, meat and dairy foods, may be linked to preserving memo ...
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#933882013-04-23
Forest conservation could reduce malaria transmission
[SANTIAGO] Preserving the biodiversity of tropical forests could have the added benefit of cutting the spread of malaria, according to a new study.
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#933102013-04-18
Researchers digest how gut 'bugs' affect health
Angela Douglas, professor of insect physiology and toxicology, is investigating the importance of the gut microbiota for human health by studying bacteria in fruit flies. Credit: Lindsay France/University Photography
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#932662013-04-16
Green cities mean healthier people
Australians will be happier, safer and healthier if they look after the nature spots in their cities, according to new research led by The University of Queensland.
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#931022013-04-05
Quand préserver la biodiversité permet de protéger notre santé
Barrière contre les épidémies, source de précieux médicaments et aide psychologique pour les malades ou même les bien portants: la diversité de la nature est la meilleure garante de notre santé, clament des médecins, vétérinaires et chercheurs dans un ouvrage qui paraît vendredi.
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#930752013-04-03
Scientists race to gauge pandemic risk of new bird flu
(Reuters) - Genetic sequence data on a deadly strain of bird flu previously unknown in people show the virus has already acquired some mutations that might make it more likely to cause a human pandemic, scientists say.
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#930112013-03-28
Climate change to worsen diarrhoea in Africa
A new study finds that climate drives a large part of African diarrhoeal disease and increases the threat to vulnerable communities.
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#928302013-03-20
Biodiversity Does Not Reduce Transmission of Disease from Animals to Humans, Researchers Find
More than three quarters of new, emerging or re-emerging human diseases are caused by pathogens from animals, according to the World Health Organization.
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#927462013-03-14
Study reveals economic burden of Chagas disease
Chagas disease is a global economic burden that costs countries more than other prominent diseases, according to the first study to put a price tag on the deadly disease.
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#927122013-03-13
How the View From Apartment Windows Affects Your Health and Well-being
When temperatures keep my young sons and me from heading outside, we get our nature fix by looking through their bedroom window. Outside a scraggly tree-of-heaven, a weed native to Asia and common in vacant lots in New York City, presses up against the glass of our fourth floor Brooklyn apartmen ...
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#924062013-02-21
Third Africa Environment Outlook Addresses Key Environmental Risks for Human Health and Draws Pathways for Sustainable Future
Nairobi, 21 February 2012 - Africa’s leaders should put implementing environment and health issues at the top of their national and continent-wide policies if growing challenges such as air pollution, vector-borne diseases and chemical exposure are to be addressed, according to a new report comp ...
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#923192013-02-19
A Solution to Sinusitis from the Sea
Feb. 18, 2013 — A team of scientists and surgeons from Newcastle are developing a new nasal spray from a marine microbe to help clear chronic sinusitis.
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#922782013-02-18
Antibiotics search to focus on sea bed
Researchers are embarking on an £8m project to discover new antibiotics at the bottom of the ocean.
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#922352013-02-15
Amphibian Biodiversity Makes Entire Ecosystem More Robust
A new study from the University of Colorado, Boulder shows that the richer the biodiversity of amphibian species living in a pond, the more protection that ecosystem has against parasitic infections.
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#921742013-02-13
Diverse Ecosystems Show Clue to Human Disease Prevention
The richer the ecosystem, the more protection there is against disease, according to a study that found a variety of frogs, toads or salamanders dwelling in a pond together made a healthier environment for all amphibians.
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#920522013-02-07
Exposure to Pesticides in Food, Air and Water Increases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
Feb. 5, 2013 — A study led by the University of Granada reveals that there is a direct relationship between the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the body and the development of type 2 diabetes, regardless of the patient's age, gender or body mass index.
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#918582013-01-22
GM mosquito could help slash dengue vectors
[LIMA] The release of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes could help reduce the numbers of dengue-transmitting wild mosquitoes, although it is unlikely to eliminate them entirely, according to a study.
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#918452013-01-21
Disease 'halves people's incomes' in tropical countries
[RIO DE JANEIRO] Tropical countries' per capita incomes could more than double if they managed to reduce their health burden from vector-borne and parasitic diseases (VBPDs) to that seen in temperate countries, a study has found.
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#918032013-01-17
Tree and Human Health May Be Linked
Jan. 16, 2013 — Evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve human health. In a new study by the U.S. Forest Service, the presence of trees was associated with human health.
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#917272013-01-10
UNEP Studies Show Rising Mercury Emissions in Developing Countries
Nairobi/Geneva, 10 January 2013 - Communities in developing countries are facing increasing health and environmental risks linked to exposure to mercury, according to new studies by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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#916392012-12-19
Human wellbeing can strengthen case for conservation
The growing evidence linking green spaces to human wellbeing could help strengthen the case for conservation, a conference has been told.
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#915232012-12-10
Improvements in Air Quality add Years to Life Expectancy in US
Are all the environmental laws and regulations accomplishing anything? Sometimes progress is not apparent, so it is good news that a new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found an association between reductions in fine particulate matter and improved life exp ...
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#909722012-10-30
Climate change adding sting to mosquito bite, says WHO report
The warning is ominous — climate change and global warming will make vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria - already causing havoc in the country more lethal.
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#909442012-10-25
Malaria study challenges warmer world predictions
A world with "rampant" malaria transmission is often seen as an inevitable consequence of global warming. But a new study radically challenges existing ideas of how the disease will spread with rising temperatures.
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#901232012-09-11
Climate change will extend hay fever season by six weeks, report warns
Hay fever sufferers face longer pollen seasons and highly allergenic strains from invasive plants
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#900152012-09-04
Infection risk posed by cats revealed
Experts say more research is needed into a disease spread by cats after figures show an estimated 350,000 people a year in the UK become infected with toxoplasmosis.
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#898952012-08-23
Scientists Reveal How River Blindness Worm Thrives
ScienceDaily (Aug. 22, 2012) — Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that the worm which causes River Blindness survives by using a bacterium to provide energy, as well as help 'trick' the body's immune system into thinking it is fighting a different kind of infection.
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#896612012-08-06
Amazon Peruvians show protection against bat rabies
Scientists have found that a relatively high proportion of two remote Peruvian Amazon populations, who have had a high level of contact with vampire bats, display some protection against bat-transmitted rabies.
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#895982012-08-01
Rice gene holds clue to diabetes risk
[MANILA] Contrary to popular belief, a new study suggests that eating rice does not substantially raise blood sugar levels – thus increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes – although researchers warn that some varieties of rice may need to be avoided.
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#894602012-07-24
Nigeria: Tree Planting - Key to Reduction of Respiratory Diseases - Lasuth CMD
TREE planting has been prescribed as the best way to check the growing incidence of respiratory disorders such as asthma.
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#892582012-07-17
The Ecology of Disease
A developing model of infectious disease shows that most epidemics that have occurred over the last several decades don’t just happen. They are a result of things people do to nature.
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#891432012-07-06
Cost of human-animal disease greatest for world's poor
The world’s poorest people also carry the heaviest burden from diseases that infect both humans and animals, according to a study published on 5 July1.
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#890982012-07-04
Seabirds studied for clues to human aging
SALZBURG, Austria, July 3 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say they're studying diving seabirds in Hudson Bay to better understand the aging process.
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#888882012-06-22
Global Shift to Obesity Packs Serious Climate Consequences
A new study suggests that human weight gain globally is not just bad for health but also bad for global warming
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#883522012-06-04
Genome of Chagas disease vector decoded
[MONTEVIDEO] An international team of scientists has decoded the genome of one of the main vectors of Chagas disease, paving the way for more targeted vector control and new ways to prevent disease transmission.
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#882452012-05-30
Mediterranean Diet Is Definitively Linked to Quality of Life
ScienceDaily (May 29, 2012) — For years the Mediterranean diet has been associated with a lesser chance of illness and increased well-being. A new study has now linked it to mental and physical health too.
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#881572012-05-25
Malaria vaccine candidate 'could be grown at home'
A potential malaria vaccine produced by genetically-engineered algae could allow people to grow their own vaccine at homes, and would be especially useful in rural parts of the developing world, say its developers.
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#876942012-05-08
Backyard Biodiversity May Stem Allergies
The diversity of living things, including microbes, in an environment may contribute to the development of normal immune systems.
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#876142012-05-03
Environment Key to Preventing Childhood Disabilities
ScienceDaily (May 1, 2012) — The United States government would get a better bang for its health-care buck in managing the country's most prevalent childhood disabilities if it invested more in eliminating socio-environmental risk factors than in developing medicines.
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#875822012-05-02
Common Pesticide “Disturbs” the Brains of Children
Banned for indoor use since 2001, the effects of the common insecticide known as chlorpyrifos can still be found in the brains of young children now approaching puberty.
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#875602012-05-01
Climate Change Expands Allergy Risk
A warming climate makes for a brutal allergy season in the U.S., which may become even worse in future
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#872152012-04-16
Saving species could keep humans healthy
Are animals good for us? Several studies suggest that our chances of picking up an animal disease are reduced if we are surrounded by a variety of species – the thinking goes that abundant animal life acts a pool that prevents the disease from jumping to people.
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#872322012-04-16
Turmeric extract may protect heart after surgery
(Reuters Health) - A new study from Thailand suggests that extracts from turmeric spice, known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, may help ward off heart attacks in people who've had recent bypass surgery.
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#868572012-03-26
Lyme Disease Pushes Northward
The spread of the tick-borne disease may result in an increase in infections
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#864902012-03-09
Buffalo bushmeat linked to brucellosis in Botswana
Among the people of Botswana, the wild African buffalo is the burger of choice. But this bushmeat could be making consumers sick: the animals harbour a pathogen that can cause severe fever in humans. The same pathogen is also common in some populations of buffalo in the US.
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#864292012-03-07
Scientists identify genetic vulnerability to arsenic-related cancers
[DHAKA] People at greater risk of developing debilitating or fatal diseases related to arsenic exposure could be prioritised for treatment, following a study by Bangladeshi and US researchers.
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#861102012-02-24
Toxins in shark fins linked to human ills
MIAMI, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a neurotoxin linked to neurodegenerative diseases in humans, including Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease, has been found in shark fins.
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#860992012-02-23
Keeping Traces of Antibiotics Out of Food
MEXICO CITY, Feb 22, 2012 (IPS) - Orange juice and beef form part of the diet of many people in Mexico and other countries of the Americas. But the traces of antibiotics and fungicides they can contain pose risks to human health, and authorities in the region have begun to address the problem.
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#860072012-02-21
Rainforest Plant Combats Multi-Resistant Bacterial Strains
ScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2012) — Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide.
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#857662012-02-14
Dread Reckoning: H5N1 Bird Flu May Be Less Deadly to Humans Than Previously Thought--or Not
Are fears of human-to-human transmitted bird flu overblown or does it make sense, based on current fatality rates, to anticipate a worst-case scenario for a future outbreak of H5N1 flu?