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Medical Xpress / More children are getting diseases like celiac disease, diabetes and Crohn's in Norway
More children are getting diseases such as celiac disease, type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than before, research shows. IBD is a term for conditions like ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. These ...
Phys.org / As communities face more frequent hazard warnings, we need better systems to avoid 'emergency fatigue'
Earlier this month, Wellington declared a local state of emergency, including evacuation orders, when forecast powerful swells threatened to inundate coastal properties.
Phys.org / Psychologists survey students to determine what they really think about social media
The first findings from a major survey of more than 800 young people ages 11–17 about social media were revealed to local schoolchildren today by psychology researchers at an event on the University of Kent's Canterbury campus. ...
Medical Xpress / Fourth of July poses burn hazards: How to protect kids
Many have fireworks, cookouts and family get-togethers planned for the Fourth of July, but these activities can pose a burn risk for young children, experts warn.
Phys.org / Heat is destroying Australia's underwater forests. Seaweed biobanks could help save them
Australia's Great Southern Reef is built not by coral but by seaweed. The seaweed forests on these rocky reefs stretch more than 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) around southern Australia.
Medical Xpress / The condition that causes people to get lost in their own home
Think about the last time you used your phone to find your way somewhere. What would happen if, halfway through the journey, the route instructions vanished or your phone battery died? You might find yourself starting to ...
Phys.org / Can climate shocks change how people feel about paying taxes?
Climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and more intense across sub-Saharan Africa. Floods, droughts, heat waves and storms are no longer isolated environmental events. They increasingly shape livelihoods, inequality, ...
Medical Xpress / Efforts to end school vaccine mandates hit a wall in Florida
Every state, along with Washington, D.C., requires children to obtain certain vaccinations before they can attend school or childcare These mandates date back decades, and many public health experts consider them a foundational ...
Medical Xpress / Family of drugs used for treating muscular dystrophy could improve brain tumor treatment
A drug from the same family licensed for use in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and blood cancer could transform the treatment of meningioma—the most common form of primary brain tumor in adults. Scientists at the ...
Phys.org / Unintended climate trade-off: Clean air policies intensify urban heat island in humid cities, study finds
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered a critical, underrecognized trade-off in global environmental policies: While essential for improving public health, large-scale air pollution reductions are ...
Phys.org / Hawaiian short-eared owl deaths in Hawaiʻi primarily caused by vehicle collisions
Trauma from vehicle collisions caused the majority of documented deaths for the Pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl), according to a statewide study led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The findings represent ...
Medical Xpress / Threat beyond the lungs: How PM2.5 exposure fuels bladder cancer progression
Air pollution is globally recognized as a silent killer, with its detrimental effects on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems well documented. However, a pioneering study from Taiwan sheds light on a less visible but ...
