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Chronic Exposure to Air Pollution Linked with Heart Disease, Lung Cancer
2013-09-07 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers have found that long-time exposure to ozone, a greenhouse gas prevalent in urban areas, can raise the risk of cardiovascular disease. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and colleagues who also found a strong association between nitrogen dioxide and an increased risk of death from lung cancer. This isn't the first study to link health complications withrising levels of air pollution; a related study had found that annually two million...
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Rates of Lyme Disease Highest in Delaware and Vermont
2013-09-04 13:06:44| Biotech - Topix.net
Delaware and Vermont have something in common that they would prefer not to have.
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Many deaths from heart disease, stroke could be avoided
2013-09-03 20:31:08| Biotech - Topix.net
Many deaths from heart disease, stroke could be avoided on USAToday.com: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/03/heart-disease-stroke-deaths-avoided/2755663/ About 800,000 people die each year from cardiovascular disease.
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Disease-Carrying Lone Star Ticks and Related Disease on the Rise in Tennessee
2013-08-30 15:41:09| Biotech - Topix.net
Historically considered a southern and south-central U.S. parasite, the lone star tick is creating increasing concerns for pets and people in Tennessee.
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World Bank approves loan to sugar plantation amid concerns about kidney disease
2013-08-30 08:22:13| Sugar Industry News
A mysterious kidney disease that is afflicting Central American agricultural workers has been raising growing alarms among governments, and in April the regions health ministers jointly declared that the ailment was among their top public health priorities.
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