People who regularly exercise tend to have a lower risk of high blood pressure, even if they live in areas where air pollution is relatively high, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.
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Geoengineering is Just a Partial Solution to Fight Climate Change
Could we create massive sulfuric acid clouds that limit global warming and help meet the 2015 Paris international climate goals, while reducing unintended impacts?
Pesticides Speed the Spread of Deadly Waterborne Pathogens
Widespread use of pesticides and other agrochemicals can speed the transmission of the debilitating disease schistosomiasis, while also upsetting the ecological balances in aquatic environments that prevent infections, finds a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Antarctica More Widely Impacted by Humans Than Previously Thought
Antarctica is considered one of the Earth’s largest, most pristine remaining wildernesses.
More Lonely Deaths in Hospitals and Nursing Homes From COVID
Patients who died from COVID in 2020 were almost 12 times more likely to die in a medical facility than patients who died from any cause in 2018, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Study Shows How Traumatic Experiences Can Leave Their Mark on a Person’s Eyes
New research by Welsh academics shows that a patient’s pupils can reveal if they have suffered a traumatic experience in the past.