Credit: CC0 Public Domain Pakistan’s health minister said Sunday that an injectable medicine that was causing a severe eye infection and sight loss in diabetic patients in the province of…
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Canadian older adults with COPD faced high levels of depression during the COVID pandemic
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new longitudinal study published online in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease found that older adults with COPD had a heightened risk of…
Certain community health care worker programs often exploit volunteers, researchers report
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than half of volunteer community health care workers in 19 countries experience labor exploitation, including sub-minimum-wage pay and excess work hours, Mount Sinai researchers report…
People with lung conditions face extra risks from climate change, experts say
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People living with lung conditions, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), face even greater risks from climate change, according to an expert report…
50 years after the Bunker Hill mine fire caused one of the largest lead-poisoning cases in US history, Idaho’s Silver Valley is still at risk
On Sept. 3, 1973, a fire swept through the baghouse of the Bunker Hill mine in Idaho’s Silver Valley. The building was designed to filter pollutants produced by smelting, the…
Modifiable risk factors found to be responsible for half of cardiovascular diseases
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists of the Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium under the auspices of the Department of Cardiology at the University Heart & Vascular Center of the Medical Center…
Grand Canyon officials warn E. coli has been found in water near Phantom Ranch at bottom of canyon
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Grand Canyon National Park officials warned that E. coli bacteria was detected Friday in the water supply close to Phantom Ranch, the only lodging at the…
Young women report higher rates of forced sexual intercourse during pandemic
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The rate of forced intercourse in early adulthood rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a potential increase in unintended pregnancies and many other sexual, reproductive…
You can save a cardiac arrest victim’s life even if an ambulance arrives in two minutes, research suggests
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Using a defibrillator for a cardiac arrest victim improves 30-day survival even with ambulance response times as short as two minutes, according to research presented at…
Keep fit to avoid heart rhythm disorder and stroke
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study in more than 15,000 people has found that physical fitness is linked with a lower likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation and stroke. The research…
