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Released: 20-Jun-2023 9:05 AM EDT
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic associam exposições ambientais a doenças hepáticas
Mayo Clinic

Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic identificaram uma ampla variedade de substâncias químicas presentes no ambiente na bile humana em pacientes com colangite esclerosante primária, uma doença hepática crônica rara nos dutos biliares. O estudo, publicado na revista Exposome, representa uma nova frente de pesquisa do Centro de Medicina Individualizada da Mayo Clinic que estuda o expossoma (a medida dos fatores ambientais que contribuem para a saúde e o aparecimento de doenças).

Released: 20-Jun-2023 9:05 AM EDT
استطاع الباحثون في مايو كلينك الربط بين العوامل البيئية وأمراض الكبد
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا — استطاع الباحثون في مايو كلينك تحديد عدد من الكيماويات البيئية في العصارة الصفاروية للمرضى المصابين بالْتِهابُ الأَقْنِيَةِ الصَّفْراوِيَّةِ المُصَلِّب الأوَّلي وهو مرض كبدي مزمن نادر يصيب القنوات الصفراوية. يمثل البحث المنشور حول الإكسبوزوم فتحًا جديدًا في مجال البحث العلمي، أنجزه مركز مايو كلينك للطب الفردي. يحاول هذا البحث فهم خبايا الإكسبوزوم، وهو قياس مدى تأثير العوامل البيئية على الصحة والإصابة بالأمراض.

20-Jun-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community
University of California San Diego

Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science.

   
Released: 20-Jun-2023 7:05 AM EDT
Mayo Clinic researchers link environmental exposures to liver disease
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a diverse range of environmental chemicals in human bile in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare, chronic liver disease of the bile ducts. The study, published in Exposome, represents a new frontier of research at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine that explores the exposome, the measure of environmental contributors to disease and health.

16-Jun-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Weak policies and political ideologies risk jeopardising plans to tackle health and climate change, says Cambridge expert
University of Cambridge

Efforts to tackle major issues facing the UK, including the nation’s health and climate change, are being hampered because politicians often ignore the existing evidence when setting policies, according to Dame Theresa Marteau, a public health expert at the University of Cambridge.

   

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Released: 19-Jun-2023 12:45 PM EDT
A probiotic could help mitigate mercury absorption in the gut
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

New research by a team at Pennsylvania State University suggests that microbes in the human gut could be harnessed to block absorption of toxic metals like mercury and help the body absorb useful nutritional ones, like iron.

8-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Exposure to dioxins can worsen thyroid function
Endocrine Society

Exposure to dioxins can negatively impact thyroid function, according to a study presented Thursday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

9-Jun-2023 1:40 PM EDT
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals may raise risk of cognitive disorders in future generations, animal study finds
Endocrine Society

Adverse cognitive effects linked to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exposure, a type of endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC), have the potential to be passed down through generations, according to an animal study being presented Thursday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

9-Jun-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Prenatal exposure to phthalates may impact future fertility differently in males and females, animal study finds
Endocrine Society

Prenatal exposure to chemicals called phthalates, which are used in hundreds of products, may lead to hormonal changes in females that could affect their future fertility, suggests a study in mice being presented Thursday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

Released: 15-Jun-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Announces Seventh Cohort of Bloomberg Fellows
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health announces the 2023 Bloomberg Fellows, each selected from organizations working to improve one of five critical public health challenges facing the country: addiction and overdose, adolescent health, environmental challenges, food systems for health, and violence.

Released: 14-Jun-2023 1:30 PM EDT
UC Irvine receives grant to study lead exposure effects on children’s learning, behavior
University of California, Irvine

The Program in Public Health at the University of California, Irvine has received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to research the connection between low-level lead exposure during pregnancy and early childhood and children’s school performance and behavior in Santa Ana, California.

Released: 14-Jun-2023 1:15 PM EDT
The heat is on! Don't panic. Get the latest news on heat waves and the dangers of heat in the Extreme Heat channel
Newswise

As we enter the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere and the possibility of extreme heat becomes more common, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the science of heat waves and take measures to protect ourselves from this growing public health threat.

       
Newswise: Experts available to comment on trending news topics for the week of June 12
Released: 14-Jun-2023 12:20 PM EDT
Experts available to comment on trending news topics for the week of June 12
Indiana University

Experts from Indiana University are available to comment on trending topics in this week's news, including the impact of Canadian wildfires on U.S. air quality, protecting against summertime mosquitos and ticks, and the history and significance of Juneteenth.

Newswise: Gearhart named director of ORNL’s Environment, Safety, Health and Quality Directorate
Released: 14-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Gearhart named director of ORNL’s Environment, Safety, Health and Quality Directorate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

John Gearhart has been named director of the Environment, Safety, Health and Quality Directorate at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective June 19.

Released: 13-Jun-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Marine environment at risk due to ship emissions
Chalmers University of Technology

The combined emissions of metals and other environmentally hazardous substances from ships is putting the marine environment at risk according to a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Newswise: Microplastics Stick Around in Human Airways
8-Jun-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Microplastics Stick Around in Human Airways
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Inhaled microplastics can pose serious health risks, so understanding how they travel in the respiratory system is essential for prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases. In Physics of Fluids, researchers develop a computational fluid dynamics model to analyze microplastic transport and deposition in the upper airway. The team explored the movement of microplastics with different shapes and sizes and under slow and fast breathing conditions. Microplastics tended to collect in hot spots in the nasal cavity and oropharynx, or back of the throat.

   


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