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May 3, 2021 Nature Aging, looks at short-term air pollution, cognitive performance and use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Prof Kevin McConway, Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, The Open University, said: “This new piece of research raises some interesting questions, but some aspects of the way it was conducted mean that there’s a lot it can’t answer.  Many studies of possible harmful effects of air pollution have looked at long-term measures of air pollutants at the places where people live, and investigated how they might be related to aspects of health. ...

NIH awards $888,000 grant to NMSU researchers studying heart attacks Carlos Andres López LAS CRUCES - Every year, an estimated 805,000 Americans have a heart attack – that’s one every 40 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   But not all heart attacks are the same, and the development of better treatment approaches requires understanding the distinction between heart attacks that result from blood clots after a plaque rupture and those that do not.  Research now underway at New Mexico State University seeks to advance the understanding of what causes ...

Researchers say the detrimental impact of a toxic atmosphere is similar to that of lead exposure. Pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and small carbon particles, called PM2.5, are spewed out by engines, industry, wood-burning stoves and farming.   These chemicals are increasingly being linked to health concerns such as asthma, an inhibited immune system and decreased lung damage, with around 36,000 deaths in England every year linked to air pollution. Scroll down for video  Children who grow up in areas with high levels of air pollution are more likely to suffer mental health issues...

April 27, 2021 expert reaction to ONS stats on deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 16 April 2021 The  Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 16 April 2021.   Kevin McConway, Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, The Open University, said: “This is another week where the numbers and short-term trends in the provisional death registration data for England and Wales are difficult to interpret because of the recent Easter holida...

Mass testing means Britain may never reach zero Covid deaths Professor Chris Whitty has warned that coronavirus is likely to become endemic, with some cases always spreading in the community 21 April 2021 • 5:00pm Surge testing took place across multiple boroughs of London after cases of the South Africa variant were detected Credit: Kirsty O'Connor /PA When will Britain's coronavirus epidemic be deemed officially over? At a recent select committee, Prof Dame Angela McLean, the chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Defence, said experts were "crying out" for some clarity on how many...