Researchers Develop a New Houseplant That Can Clean Your Home ’s Air
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Source: NIEHS News - December 19, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NIH Scientists Find That Breast Cancer Protection From Pregnancy Starts Decades Later
In general, women who have had children have a lower risk of breast cancer compared to women who have never given birth. However, new research has found that moms don ’t experience this breast cancer protection until many years later and may face elevated risk for more than 20 years after their last pregnancy. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - December 14, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Soy Formula Feeding During Infancy Associated With Severe Menstrual Pain in Adulthood
New research suggests that infant girls fed soy formula are more likely to develop severe menstrual pain as young adults. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - November 9, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Soy Formula Feeding During Infancy Associated With Severe Menstrual Pain in Adulthood
New research suggests that infant girls fed soy formula are more likely to develop severe menstrual pain as young adults. The finding adds to the growing body of literature that suggests exposure to soy formula during early life may have detrimental effects on the reproductive system. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - November 9, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
High Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation Associated With Cancer in Male Rats
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded there is clear evidence that male rats exposed to high levels of radio frequency radiation (RFR) like that used in 2G and 3G cell phones developed cancerous heart tumors, according to final reports released today. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - November 1, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Study: Fluoride Levels in Pregnant Women in Canada Show Drinking Water Is Primary Source of Exposure to Fluoride
A new study led by York University researchers has found that fluoride levels in urine are twice as high for pregnant women living in Canadian cities where fluoride is added to public drinking water as for those living in cities that do not add fluoride to public water supplies. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - October 10, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Marker May Help Target Treatments for Crohn ’s Patients
Experts have long suspected that Crohn ' s disease likely represents a collection of related but slightly different disorders, but until now it has not been possible to predict accurately which subtype of CD a patient is likely to develop. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - October 4, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
New Research Reveals a Mitochondrial Gene That Protects Against Dementia and Other Diseases of Aging
New research from USC has uncovered a previously unknown genetic risk factor for Alzheimer ’s disease and related dementias. The study provides insights on how these conditions, and other diseases of aging, might one day be treated and prevented. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - September 21, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Genetics and Pollution Drive Severity of Asthma Symptoms
Asthma patients, with a specific genetic profile, exhibit more intense symptoms following exposure to traffic pollution, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and collaborators. The study appeared online in Scientific Reports. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - August 31, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
First Biomarker Evidence of DDT-Autism Link
A study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland report that elevated levels of a metabolite of the banned insecticide DDT in the blood of pregnant women are linked to increased risk for autism in the offspring. An international research team led by investigators at Columbia University ’s Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry published these results in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The study, conducted in collaboration with investigators at the University of Turku and the National Institute of Health and Welfare in Finland, is the first to connec t an insecticide with risk for autism...
Source: NIEHS News - August 16, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NIH Study Associates Obesity With Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women
Young women with high body fat have a decreased chance of developing breast cancer before menopause, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators. The finding, published online in the journal JAMA Oncology, may help researchers better understand the role obesity plays in breast cancer risk. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - June 27, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
