Black Lung Disease: Still All Too Present
The disease is completely preventable, but a distinguished reporter and author has still found plenty of it among today’s miners.
Environmental Science and Climate Change Sub-categories:
- Agriculture and Farming (17)
- Carbon Emissions (5)
- Climate Change (29)
- Drinking Water Safety (5)
- Environment (66)
- Natural Disasters (25)
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- Overpopulation (1)
- Pollution (64)
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Planetary Health
The field encompasses more than environmental science and ecology, and helps to explain pandemics and other illnesses, mass migration, food consumption, and other public health factors.
Medical Notes: Week of October 18, 2020
The leaders of two of the nation’s leading science advisory groups are warning about what they call “Alarming political interference” in the government’s response to Covid-19. Then, one reason people oppose action on climate change is that it’s more expensive than doing nothing, at least in the short term. And finally… if you plan on having any trick or …
Medical Notes: Week of September 27, 2020
Most of what we’ve heard about delays at the postal service have had to do with the election…but delays could also keep millions of people from getting their medications. Then, a new study finds that two-thirds of the plastic waste in the United States comes from other things like electronics, consumer products and cars. And finally, if bosses want to curb …
The Looming “Hothouse Earth”
Climate scientists fear we may soon reach the point of no return, resulting in a hothouse with large portions of the planet uninhabitable.
Medical Notes: Week of July 19, 2020
Do-it-yourself Covid swabs could be just as accurate as those taken by a medical professional. Then, researchers say access to air conditioning is far more important than officials have planned for...especially when some people are still in isolation. And finally, for many people, one casualty of the coronavirus pandemic has been the grocery store they used …
Tick Paralysis: When A Tick Bite Can Be Fatal (2020)
Summer is tick season, and tick bites are common. However, bites from a couple of types of ticks can produce paralysis and even death.
The Shrinking Human Jaw
Over the last 8,000 years, the human jaw has been getting smaller due to an increasingly soft diet and a lack of jaw exercise. The result is an epidemic of crooked teeth and serious health consequences, as two experts explain.
Medical Notes: Week of May 10, 2020
A number of new treatments for Covid-19 are showing promise and could be fast-tracked if clinical trials continue to show good results. Then, another trial of 53 severely ill patients reported in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 68 percent showed clinical improvement with Remdesivir. Then, viruses like Covid-19 that jump from animals to people …
Foreign Accent Syndrome
People who suddenly speak with what sounds like a foreign accent often have a brain injury due to a stroke or other trauma. Experts discuss the syndrome and chances of recovery.
Medical Notes: Week of April 12, 2020
A study that says taking large amounts of Ibuprofen may be worse for your liver than we thought. Then, a new study finds that there’s no harm in letting your baby "Cry it out." Then, hearing aids that help improve the thinking ability of those with hearing loss. Then, scientists have come up with a new way to deliver vaccines without getting a shot. And …
Medical Notes: Week of February 23, 2020
A study that finds water chlorination may also be unsafe. Then, children have a much higher risk of becoming obese if a home is cross-generational and grandparents are raising the kids. And finally, another reason to eat your Brussels sprouts.
