Study Explores How Traffic-Related Air Pollution Impacts the Aging Brain in Rodent Model
by Trina Wood
May 17, 2021
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for age-related dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. Their study, based on rodent models, corroborates previous epidemiological evidence showing this association.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of age-related dementia and the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. More than 5 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s disease a number that is expected to triple by 2050 as the population ages. Health care costs for those patients are predicted to grow from $305 billion in 2020 to $1.1 trillion by 2050.
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Islamabad
May 16, 2021
Islamabad : The old generation, despite having lesser or no modern-day facilities has probably lived longer, healthier, and happier lives for being closely connected with nature to avail its life-giving physical and psychological benefits.
During the last few decades, the natural mode of life has slowly changed.
A huge transformation occurred from house (open-to-close) and family structure (extended to single-parent) to the mode of socialization (real-to-virtual) and medicines (herbal/homeopathic to allopathic), sleeping timings (early to late night) to eating habits (organic to inorganic) and mode of travelling (almost with no walk).
Therefore, working against the natural mode of life has created lots of tensions and a number of modern-day diseases.
Can Cell Phone Radiation Damage Your DNA?
When it comes to the effects of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation, the answer may depend on the research funder
Do mobile phones cause brain tumors? Whenever a trillion-dollar industry is involved whether it’s Big Food, Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, or Big Telecom there’s so much money that sometimes the science can get manipulated.
When it comes to the potential human health effects of cell phone use, certainly, you might end up with a crick in your neck if you text excessively, or even break your neck or the neck of someone you may hit if you text while driving. On the other hand, think of the countless lives that have been saved on the road, because people are now able to so quickly phone in emergencies.
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Meat that is certified organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is less likely to be contaminated with bacteria that can sicken people, including dangerous, multidrug-resistant organisms, compared to conventionally produced meat, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The findings highlight the risk for consumers to contract foodborne illness contaminated animal products that sicken tens of millions of people in the U.S. each year and the prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms that, when they lead to illness, can complicate treatment.
The researchers found that, compared to conventionally processed meats, organic-certified meats were 56% less likely to be contaminated with multidrug-resistant bacteria. The study was based on nationwide testing of meats from 2012 to 2017 as part of the U.S. National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, or NARMS.