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Plastics chemicals are disrupting our hormones, and the FDA is dragging its feet (2)
Dec 23, 2019 16:27"It is clear that the FDA is not using modern science in protecting the public from potentially toxic chemicals. It is also clear that BPA and other endocrine disruptors threaten to disrupt the status quo of toxic chemical regulation", says Lynne Peeples, environmental health reporter from Seattle.
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Low income and work stress contribute to link between education, heart disease, stroke
Dec 22, 2019 10:30Among healthy individuals, those with a low educational level have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than those with a high educational level.
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Forget about water at your peril
Dec 21, 2019 16:04Even by climate change's destructive standards, water is in an increasingly grim bind. Droughts and monster floods are having devastating effects on the human civilisation, as the situations in much of Africa, Australia, and China attest.
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Would you trust AI with your mental health?
Dec 19, 2019 09:13Digital mental health has the potential to provide access to those people who are afraid to seek care because of perceived stigma. For many people, the idea of going along to a therapist for psychological care is embarrassing and they are worried about what other people think, so instant access on the phone or via the Internet can be a good way to circumvent this barrier.
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Birds getting smaller, scientists see echo of climate change
Dec 13, 2019 09:11Some research has already shown birds as a group are at risk. A separate study published in September in the journal Science found that human activities and ecological changes are already having a devastating impact on bird populations.
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Asylum seekers are being misclassified under migrant protection protocols
Dec 01, 2019 19:48The Trump administration has tailored existing asylum policy in a way that leaves many refugees who attempt to gain entry along the U.S./Mexico border without the ability to appeal if their asylum applications are denied, as they’re returned to Mexico with no future court dates and no way to enter the country to find an attorney.
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Are we really in a sixth mass extinction?
Nov 20, 2019 10:35The Earth is currently experiencing an extinction crisis largely due to the exploitation of the planet by people. But whether this constitutes a sixth mass extinction depends on whether today’s extinction rate is greater than the “normal” or “background” rate that occurs between mass extinctions.
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What we eat determines our health and future
Oct 23, 2019 13:12It is important for us to change our approaches in terms of the food we produce, process and consume. At the governmental level, countries must expand their agriculture policies beyond staple food production to include investments and research on crops such as fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
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New plant-focused diet can save millions of people annually: Scientists
Jan 17, 2019 08:55Scientists say they have developed what they call the “Planetary Health” diet, an ideal dietary regimen mostly based on vegetables and fruits, which, if adopted, can “prevent” more than 11 million premature deaths around the world each year.
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International Day of Disabled Persons
Dec 03, 2018 09:29The United Nations announced in 1992 that December 3 be marked every year as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The goal of this announcement was to promote public awareness on different aspects of the disabled people's life. Every year this day provides the ground for further attention to the problems of the disabled by relevant authorities.