A new study published on 1 April in Nature Sustainability estimates that air pollution from corn production results in 4,300 premature deaths annually in the United States (1). By performing
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A new analysis published on 3 April in the Lancet links 20 per cent of global deaths to poor diet, equating to around 11 million deaths per year (1). The
In his presidential campaign, Trump vowed to stop funding for organisations providing abortions and he is making good of his misguided promise. On 26 March, the Trump administration announced it
A new study published on 26 March in Cell Host & Microbe, a peer-reviewed journal, suggests that probiotics ― “good bacteria” ― have the potential to become ineffective, or even
A new study published on 25 March in Nature provides “clear and definitive evidence” that neurogenesis ― the process used by the brain to make new cells or neurons ―
A new analysis published on 23 March in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology indicates that parental smoking ― both maternal and paternal ― increases the risk of congenital heart
“A sweetener’s not-so-sweet effects” – corn syrup in soft drinks enhances tumour growth
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Obesity is known to increase the risk of developing cancer, including colorectal cancer. Now, a new study published on 22 March in Science suggests high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener used
In a new commentary published on 13 March in Nature, an international team of scientists calls for a global moratorium on all clinical uses of human germline editing (1). In
Are policy initiatives improving air pollution in Europe’s two megacities? A new study, slated for publication in the June 2019 edition of Environmental Pollution, suggests that while nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
If greenhouse gases continue to rise at current rates, at least 50 per cent of the global population will be exposed to two particularly dangerous disease-spreading mosquitoes — Aedes aegypti