Dietitian Connection Podcast
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New report identifies fruits and vegetables laden with pesticides, drives experts to call for regulations: 'It is deeply worrying'
"No one gave their consent to be exposed to these harmful chemicals." #ClimateChange #Health #Healthcare #Food
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/pfas-pesticides-uk-food-contamination/
Millennia ago, Neanderthals and humans met, mingled and mated. And your health may depend on DNA from these long-lost ancestors. Live Science explains how "in some places in our genome, we're more Neanderthal than we are human.” https://flip.it/qiJdOD
#Science #Humans #Neanderthal #Health #History
Climate Change presents a range of dire environmental and health challenges. Add brain disease to the list. New research shows that as weather conditions worsen, certain brain diseases — stroke, migraines, meningitis, even Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s — follow suit. Read more from Science Alert: https://flip.it/RDG4WP #Science #ClimateChange #Health #Brain #Neurology
Is mineral sunscreen better for coral reefs than chemical sunscreen?
Whether chemical sunscreens damage or kill corals in the wild is still the subject of scientific debate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/16/mineral-sunscreen-coral-reef-impact/
#health #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Even for cancer and transplant patients.
We are speeding into idiocracy.
#cancer #transplantation #immunocompromised #health #healthcare #masks #northcarolina
First They Tried to “Cure” Gayness. Now They’re Fixated on “Healing” Trans People.
Inside the movement to resurrect conversion therapy.
Climate Change May Worsen Health Conditions Like Dementia, Epilepsy, Depression, Study Suggests
Extreme temperatures due to climate change may increase hospitalizations and deaths related to health issues like dementia, depression and epilepsy, according to a new study, which adds to previous research that found climate change has negative effects on human health
Climate change is likely to aggravate brain conditions, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-climate-aggravate-brain-conditions.html
Biodiversity Loss Increases the Risk of Disease Outbreaks, Analysis Suggests
"Researchers found that human-caused environmental changes are driving the severity and prevalence of disease, putting people, animals and plants at risk"
Nearsighted? You're not alone. Researchers estimate that about half of the world's population will need corrective lenses by 2050 if current rates continue.
Reading, scrolling and focusing on objects near our faces increases the risk of developing myopia - but a little time in sun can help mitigate it ☀️
https://theconversation.com/nearsightedness-is-at-epidemic-levels-and-the-problem-begins-in-childhood-225255
#health #science
Wildfire smoke from Canada is prompting health warnings in the U.S. again
Air quality advisories were issued Sunday for parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin due to haze emitting from fires burning across western Canada.
#globalnews #Canada #Environment #Health #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/10492544/canada-wildfire-smoke-us-2024/
Maternity care is in crisis:
Zoe Williams concludes:
'It’s not a story of one bad apple, or one bad chief executive, or one bad institutional culture, or one underprivileged area. In 2022, 80 of the country’s 193 maternity units were deemed unsafe by the Care Quality Commission. That definitely wasn’t the austerity promise, not even in the small print: creating a country not safe to give birth in'!
One more dimensions of the Tories wrecking of the NHS
#health #women
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/the-birth-trauma-scandal-is-not-about-one-bad-apple-one-bad-culture-or-one-bad-area-its-about-the-mess-of-austerity
Do you know what killed more than 19,000 Americans in the last 3 months? Covid. About 9 an hour. Many many more than that have been hurt, often permanently.
That’s a lower number than previously, yet the risks remain.
Stay home when ill, wear masks in crowds and inside, stay up to date on your vaccinations and improve ventilation (ex: opening windows) to stay healthier.
Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#maps_deaths-3-months
New mRNA vaccine for deadly brain cancer triggers a strong immune response
https://www.livescience.com/health/cancer/new-mrna-vaccine-treats-deadly-brain-cancer-and-it-triggers-a-strong-immune-response #health #mRNA #vaccine #BrainCancer #ImmuneResponse