Exposure to wildfire smoke increases the odds of being diagnosed with dementia even more than exposure to other forms of air pollution, according to a landmark study of more than 1.2 million ...

Pollution has become a global health crisis, with its effects being felt across all age groups, especially in urban and industrialised areas. It leads to both short-term and long-term health problems, ...

Most people think air pollution mainly affects the lungs. Dirty air is often associated with coughing, asthma, breathing ...

Exposure to unhealthy levels of air pollution during pregnancy may prolong postpartum depression symptoms in new mothers, according to new research. A team of researchers from the University of ...

TOPSHOT - Indian schoolchildren cover their faces as they walk to school amid heavy smog in New Delhi on November 8, 2017. Delhi shut all primary schools on November 8 as pollution levels hit nearly ...

It’s no secret that air pollution is tied to lung disease and cancer, but a new study sheds light on the significant role of pollution when it comes to head and neck cancer. Mass General Brigham ...

When Japan announced plans to release wastewater stored at the deactivated Fukushima power plant into the ocean over the summer, various countries such as China and South Korea reacted with concern ...

Exposure to air and noise pollution early in life may be linked to several common mental health problems in adolescence and early adulthood, according to a longitudinal birth cohort study. Similarly, ...

Hyderabad: With an increasing number of vehicles and relentless construction noise taking a toll on Hyderabad’s auditory health, experts are proposing several strategies to mitigate this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildfire smoke smothered Los Angeles in September 2020. A landmark new study finds that it increases dementia diagnoses much more ...