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Scientists looked at the blood, and urine samples from 815 women enrolled in the Puerto Rico Test site for Exploring Contamination Threats (PROTECT) study. Metal exposure during pregnancy can cause complications such as pre-term delivery, hormone disruptions | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Researchers looked at how metals exposure can lead to complications during pregnancy
They found that exposure to metals such as lead, nickle and others can pose serious threat to the endocrine system, disrupting homrones
New Delhi: Exposure to harmful metals has often been associated with risks during pregnancy, and therefore, is also adivced against. However, the underlying mechanism of how exactly does such exposure affect the health of the mother, and the baby, have not been well explained. A new study from Rutgers University shows that exposure to some metals can disrupt hormones, and cause serious complica
“Given the early evidence we have on this new variant of the virus, and the potential risk it poses, it is with a heavy heart that I must tell you we cannot continue with Christmas as planned,” U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted on Dec. 19. In a recent news conference, Johnson claimed it “may be up to 70% more transmissible” than widely circulating variations of the virus, but this figure has yet to be replicated in clinical trials.
Matt Hancock, secretary of Health for England, said in a speech that the mutation may explain why the U.K. has seen a rapid increase in cases lately. Several European countries have closed their borders to travelers from the U.K. in an attempt to keep it contained, per
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IMAGE: Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center based at Rutgers and an associate professor of Urban-Global Public Health in the Rutgers School of Public Health. view more
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Military members who receive gun locks and lethal means counseling, which focuses on ways to limit a person s access to specific methods for suicide, are more likely to use a gun safe and unload firearms before they are stored, according to a Rutgers researcher.
The study was published in the
American Journal of Public Health.
More than 60 percent of military suicides involve firearms. Suicide mortality is higher in homes with a firearm and the majority of military personnel do not store their firearms safely or report suicidal thoughts, says Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center based at Rutgers and an associate professor of Urban-G
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We asked health experts to debunk 5 common coronavirus myths. Here’s what they said.
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
The adage holds that truth is the first casualty of war.
The coronavirus pandemic has proven no exception to that. Since the outbreak erupted in March, COVID-19 has become part of the country’s cultural and political battlefield, often at the expense of public health efforts that aim to save lives and prevent the disease’s spread.
Social media has proven a key front for misinformation about the disease, from the wisdom of mask wearing and social distancing, to the dangers of a virus that already has killed more than 300,000 Americans.