world health news 2019
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A smoldering threat to wildland firefighters
The heat was in the triple digits when Lea Bossler and her U.S. Forest Service engine crew reached the blaze unfurling…
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Investigating rare genetic mutations led scientists to surprising blood pressure discovery
The kidneys are often the unsung heroes in maintaining healthy blood pressure, filtering 180 liters of fluid and a pound…
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Smoking increases the risk of illness and viral infection, including type of coronavirus
A new study led by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows that current smokers have a 12% increased risk…
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Q&A: Environmentalist Bill McKibben on New Hampshire and the climate crisis – New Hampshire Bulletin
The Bulletin spoke with author and environmentalist Bill McKibben about the climate crisis in New Hampshire, the state’s role in…
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How the smell of food can enable ‘time travel’
Older people exposed to food flavours from their youth were able to “time travel” back to the past with an…
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For offshore wind aspirations to become reality, transmission hurdles must be cleared – Virginia Mercury
President Joe Biden’s administration laid out ambitious additional goals last month to boost offshore wind power generation, one of the…
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Trouble in the tropics: The terrestrial insects of Brazil are in decline
New research from Brazil shows terrestrial insects there are declining both in abundance and diversity, while aquatic insects are largely…
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Survival is a mixed matter for deadliest of pancreatic cancers
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common and most lethal form of pancreatic cancer. The overall 5-year survival for…
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The Climate Economy Is About to Explode
Sign up for The Weekly Planet, Robinson Meyer’s newsletter about living through climate change, here. Late last month, analysts at…
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New RNA-based tool can illuminate brain circuits, edit specific cells: Editing technology is precise and broadly applicable to all tissues and species
Duke University researchers have developed an RNA-based editing tool that targets individual cells, rather than genes. It is capable of…
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The complicated truth about pipelines crossing Wet’suwet’en territory | The Narwhal
Three years after starting construction on a gas pipeline in northern B.C., Calgary-based energy giant TC Energy has begun to…
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Being absent while awake: How mind blanking helps us understand ongoing thinking
Researchers from the GIGA CRC In vivo Imaging at the University of Liège (Belgium), the EPF Lausanne and the University…
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College student ‘Fear of Missing Out’ (FoMO) associated with illicit behavior: Two analyses found an association between college student FoMO and behaviors including alcohol and drug use and academic misconduct
The fear of missing out (FoMO) on rewarding and fun experiences is something that most people feel at some point…
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression: New study shows role of adenosine kinase in fat deposition, liver inflammation
A study led by Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides compelling evidence of the important role of hepatocyte adenosine kinase in…
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Petting dogs engages the social brain, according to neuroimaging: Greater interaction with real dogs leads to greater activity in the prefrontal cortex
Researchers led by Rahel Marti at the University of Basel in Switzerland report that viewing, feeling, and touching real dogs…
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RNA origami enables applications in synthetic biology
Synthetic biology strives to achieve robust control of biological processes in order to create designer organisms for a variety of…
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Second stem cell type discovered in mouse brain: Neurobiologists gain new insights into formation of nerve cells
In the brain of adult mammals neural stem cells ensure that new nerve cells, i.e. neurons, are constantly formed. This…
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These Amazon Prime Day Furniture Deals are Available Now
Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale is coming up soon, and the Amazon Prime Day furniture section is going to be…
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Multiple health benefits of b-type procyanidin-rich foods like chocolate and apples consumed in right amounts: Researchers shed light on how an optimal intake of electrophilic compounds like procyanidins is linked to hormesis of hemodynamic and metabolic responses
B-type procyanidins, made of catechin oligomers, are a class of polyphenols found abundantly in foods like cocoa, apples, grape seeds,…
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The 21 Best Gifts for Sisters, to Show Them Just How Much You Care
You might have known what to buy your sis when you were younger and she had the entirety of Mean…
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Supply chain woes boost meat substitutes in Asia, and investors are biting
SINGAPORE — At Love Handle, a deli that labels itself a butcher shop in downtown Singapore, there is no meat…
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New theory suggests that decisions are made unconsciously, then about half a second later become conscious
Consciousness is your awareness of yourself and the world around you. This awareness is subjective and unique to you. A…
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3 Things to Do When the Sex Was Mind-Blowingly… Bad
Apologies to Bridgerton, but first-time sex isn’t always the mind-blowing, corset-busting stuff of historical romance novels. In real life, hooking…
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The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups
Midwest is the target of more dollars to secure water and revive former energy strongholds. The abandoned Horse Creek Mine…
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Video games offer the potential of ‘experiential medicine’: Diverse digital interventions remediate cognitive aging in healthy older adults
After a decade of work, scientists at UC San Francisco’s Neuroscape Center have developed a suite of video game interventions…
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Most of Us Are Stressed as Hell. Does That Mean We Should Be Screened for Anxiety?
A mental health crisis has been swelling in the United States—and far too little has been done on a national…
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LA restricts water flow to wasteful celebrity mansions: ‘No matter how rich, we’ll treat you the same’
Los Angeles is living through a historic drought, but that hasn’t stopped some of its most famous residents from keeping…
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More federal funding required to hit net-zero by 2050, report finds
— The background: Last year, the federal government passed an accountability law that requires five-year emissions targets to get Canada…
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Joe Biden’s disaster presidency
The storms also knocked Biden’s fall agenda off course. The government’s sudden pivot toward hurricane response changed the president’s schedule…
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Is nuclear energy poised for an ESG-fueled comeback?
In a world of energy insecurity, climate change and skyrocketing energy prices, nuclear energy might be one of the only…
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How To Make (and Order) a Healthier Pizza
Sometimes, nothing hits the spot quite like a pizza. And we’re with you. When it comes to an easy, tasty,…
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‘This is part of our world now’: can TV shows adequately reflect the climate crisis?
From hurricanes bearing down on Florida to megafires burning in the west, the climate crisis seems to be everywhere, all…
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Differences Between Perfectionism and OCD
Do you meticulously organize the clothes in your closet by color? Or keep a calendar so detailed that it includes…
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Addiction Experts Fear the Fallout if California Legalizes Sports Betting
Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that states could legalize betting on sports, California — with 40 million…
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LISTEN: The dangers of skin lightening products
Senior Agents of Change fellow Michelle Gin speaks with Michael Xiong of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the dangers…
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Non-opioid compounds squelch pain without sedation: New molecules are lead candidates for alternative to narcotics, say researchers
A newly identified set of molecules alleviated pain in mice while avoiding the sedating affect that limits the use of…
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Chesapeake states to get millions for climate-smart ag practices
Federal grants totaling hundreds of millions of dollars are heading to Chesapeake Bay drainage states as part of an initiative…
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Lack of naloxone led to increased overdose deaths in rural Pennsylvania, study finds
Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of opioid overdose in the nation, and, according to Penn State researchers, one’s…
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Study provides further evidence that immune cell dysregulation is a driver of COVID-19 severity: Maintenance of reparative lung macrophages may be a viable therapeutic strategy for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 and other inflammatory lung diseases
In one of the largest single-center COVID-19 cohort studies to date, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount…
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Retiring increases amount of sleep and decreases physical activity
The Finnish Retirement and Aging study FIREA of the University of Turku used accelerometers to study how the 24-hour movement…
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Breaking the glass ceiling in science by looking at citations: Using artificial intelligence to study gender disparities in science
It’s 2022 and women in science are still less likely than their male peers to be hired and promoted. Women…
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Driving high? Chemists make strides toward a marijuana breath analyzer: By oxidizing THC to create an electric current, a team’s fuel cell sensor can reveal the presence of the drug
A UCLA chemist and colleagues are now a step closer to their goal of developing a handheld tool similar to…
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‘One more thing’ about plastics: They could be acidifying the ocean, study says
New research suggests that plastic could contribute to ocean acidification, especially in highly polluted coastal areas, through the release of…
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Mechanism used by metastatic cancer cells to infiltrate the liver found
Approximately 90% of cancer-related deaths are due to metastasis when cancer spreads and forms new tumors. The liver is considered…
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Another City Is Drowning, and We Can’t Look Away
Last summer, when remnants of Hurricane Ida raged through New York City and flooded parts of all five boroughs, my…
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Scientists chart how exercise affects the body: A new study maps the genes and cellular pathways that contribute to exercise-induced weight loss
Exercise is well-known to help people lose weight and avoid gaining it. However, identifying the cellular mechanisms that underlie this…
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‘Kipferl’: Guiding the defense against jumping genes
A large part of our DNA is made up of selfish repetitive DNA elements, some of which can jump from…
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Mouse study explores Alzheimer’s link to the X chromosome
Evidence in mice and human brain tissue reveals a mechanism that may explain the sex-based differences in Alzheimer’s disease, including…
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Surf and Turf: Saving a Wave by Protecting the Land | Hakai Magazine
Article body copy Practical Solutions for the Ocean’s Ailments Waves roar fiercely in San Miguel, a Mexican surf…
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Combining time-restricted eating and HIIT improves health measures in women with obesity
Both time-restricted eating (TRE) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) have been shown to improve cardiometabolic health in people who are…
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