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| Exposure to phthalates — the 'everywhere chemical' — may increase children’s cancer risk Posted: 16 Mar 2022 11:58 AM PDT New research has linked phthalates, commonly called the 'everywhere chemical,' to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers. |
| Longer, more intense allergy seasons could result from climate change Posted: 16 Mar 2022 08:50 AM PDT Allergy seasons are likely to become longer and grow more intense as a result of increasing temperatures caused by humanmade climate change, according to new research. |
| Those with facial scars rate their own appearance more critically than surgeons and strangers Posted: 16 Mar 2022 08:49 AM PDT Patients who undergo facial surgery think their surgical scars look worse than surgeons and independent observers do, according to a new study. |
| 'Healthspan' increasing even for people with common chronic conditions Posted: 15 Mar 2022 11:20 AM PDT The number of healthy years a person lives is, on average, increasing even for people with common chronic conditions, according to a new study. |
| Living near green areas reduces the risk of suffering a stroke by 16 percent, study finds Posted: 15 Mar 2022 08:30 AM PDT The risk of suffering an ischaemic stroke, the most common type of cerebrovascular event, is 16 percent less in people who have green spaces less than 300 meters from their homes. The study took into account information on exposure to three atmospheric pollutants linked to vehicle traffic in more than three and a half million people selected from among the 7.5 million residents of Catalonia, over the age of eighteen who had not suffered a stroke prior to the start of the study. |
| When it comes to sleep, it’s quality over quantity Posted: 15 Mar 2022 08:29 AM PDT Some people are gifted with genes that pack the benefits of slumber into an efficient time window, keeping them peppy on only four or six hours of sleep a night. In addition, the scientists said, these 'elite sleepers' show psychological resilience and resistance to neurodegenerative conditions that may point the way to fending off neurological disease. |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2022 03:15 PM PDT Planned movement is essential to our daily lives, and it often requires delayed execution. As children, we stood crouched and ready but waited for the shout of 'GO!' before sprinting from the starting line. As adults, we wait until the traffic light turns green before making a turn. New research explores how cues in our environment can trigger planned movement. |
| Link between high cholesterol and heart disease 'inconsistent', new study finds Posted: 14 Mar 2022 09:07 AM PDT New research has revealed that the link between 'bad' cholesterol (LDL-C) and poor health outcomes, such as heart attack and stroke, may not be as strong as previously thought. |
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