Ten risk factors that can be modified are responsible for nine of 10 strokes worldwide, but the ranking of those factors vary regionally, says a study led by researchers of the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) of McMaster University.
Prevention...
E-cigarettes can contain nicotine but not many of the harmful substances produced by smoking tobacco, such as tar or carbon monoxide. These products work through an inhalation-activated system that heats a solution to create an inhalable aerosol, often known...
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization says.Credit: Flickr/vtpoly
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution...
Three out of four (75 per cent) people in the UK are unaware of the link between obesity and cancer, according to a new Cancer Research UK report.
The nationwide survey found that people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less...
This is an infographic of the most important contributors to cancer from the environment.Credit: Public Health Ontario
Between 3,540 and 6,510 new cancer cases in Ontario each year result from environmental factors, says a new report from Cancer Care Ontario...
This is the Kissimmee River in central Florida. This ecosystem-scale restoration project began two decades ago and is used as an example in the study.
Credit: South Florida Water Management District
"Resilience" is a buzzword often used in scientific literature to...
This bright-field microscopic image shows a three-day-old human liver organoid grown by scientists who report research results in Nature. The tiny liver -- suspended in solution inside an under-lit petri dish well -- is about 10mm wide. Generated from...
Rats were trained to depress a lever and then release it when the sound reached a certain frequency.
Credit: Illustration by Julia Kuhl
The part of the brain that creates mental maps of one's environment plays a much broader role in...
The cost of treating a smoking-related chronic lung disease will exceed more than £2.3 billion per year in England -- and £200 million in Scotland -- by 2030, research suggests.
Rising healthcare costs will be caused by a substantial increase...
“I think certainly there’s some promise in developing probiotics that could be targeted to possibly fixing some of the effects of a high-salt diet, but people shouldn’t think they can eat fast food and then pop a probiotic, and...
This is a computed tomography (CT scan) of right humerus. Left image shows a horizontal slice through the cancerous lesion.
Credit: Nicole Guzmán-Smith
A new report by Smithsonian archaeologists and colleagues in the International Journal of Paleopathology identifies a bone tumor...
