Household Air Cleaners Improve Heart Health Among Individuals with COPD, Researchers Find
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - December 5, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

NIH ’ s Climate and Health Initiative Tackles Global Health Effects Associated With a Changing Climate
What: Leaders from the National Institutes of Health discuss the agency’s plan to address the risk to human health posed by a changing climate in a commentary published in The Lancet. As floods, hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, and heat waves become more extreme, the risk to human health grows, exacerbating existing health threats and creating new public health challenges around the world. T... (Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News)
Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - November 7, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

PFAS Levels Lower in Buildings With Healthier Furnishings
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - November 7, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

New 3D Model Shows How Cadmium Exposure May Affect Heart Development
Shown in the six panels is the 2D model showing how the pluripotent stem cells react to human relevant doses of cadmium over 8 days. From the control in the first panel, to the last panel, researchers can see how the differentiation to cardiomyocytes (as shown by the green fluorescent-positive cells) is inhibited with different doses of cadmium. ... (Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News)
Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - November 2, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Hair Straightening Chemicals Associated With Higher Uterine Cancer Risk
Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health. The researchers found no associations with uterine cancer for other hair products that the women reported using, including hair dyes, bleach, highlights, or perms. The study data includ... (Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News)
Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - October 17, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Link Between Commonly Used Chemicals, Gestational Diabetes
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - October 13, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Yale Superfund Research Center to Investigate Water Contaminants Linked to Cancer
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - October 3, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

$11.3 million NIH Superfund award to address environmental health issues caused by VOCs
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - September 8, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Release: NIH Awards $100 Million for Autism Centers of Excellence Program
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - September 6, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Air Pollution Heightened COVID Risk in Low-Income Pregnant New Yorkers
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - September 6, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Tiny Antibodies May Provide New Tool to Fight COVID-19
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - August 30, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Oil Spill Cleanup Workers More Likely to Have Asthma Symptoms
Oil spill workers were 60% more likely to experience asthma symptoms than those who did not work on the cleanup. (Photo courtesy of Cheryl Casey / Shutterstock.com) Researchers from the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study (GuLF STUDY) found that workers involved in cleaning up the nation’s largest oil spill were 60% more likely than those who d... (Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News)
Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - August 17, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Early Childhood Lead Exposure, Exacerbated by Structural Racism, Results in Lower Reading Scores
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - August 16, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Air Pollution and Stress Alter Brains and Social Behavior of Male Mice
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Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - August 12, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

NIH First to Develop 3D Structure of Twinkle Protein
This rotating image shows the 3D structure that NIEHS researchers created of the twinkle protein. The researchers used Cryo-EM and other techniques to show how disease mutations on the protein can lead to mitochondrial diseases. The video zooms to the protein interface where many of the disease mutations occur. (Graphics and video courtesy of A.A. Riccio, NIEHS) Resear... (Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News)
Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - August 5, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research