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Specific environmental exposures might help predict death risk from cardio
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by exposure to specific environmental factors, showing, for example, that air pollution heightens the risk of heart disease mortality by 17 per cent.
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Exposure to toxic metals might lead to clogged arteries: Research
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): Environmental exposure to low levels of the toxic metals arsenic, cadmium and titanium appears to increase the risk of plaque build-up in arteries in the neck, heart and legs, suggests the findings of recent research.
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Study finds exposure to toxic metals may lead to clogged arteries
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 27 (ANI): A research has found that environmental exposure to low levels of the toxic metals arsenic, cadmium and titanium appears to increase the risk of plaque buildup in arteries in the neck, heart and legs.
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How environmental exposures before conception may impact fetal development
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Michigan [US], March 18 (ANI): A new report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests older age and alcohol consumption in the year leading up to conception also may have an impact by epigenetically altering a specific gene during the development of human eggs or
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Study links immune responses to environmental exposures early in life
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 24 (ANI): Environmental exposures - such as obstetric factors, farm dust and air pollution - early in life can modify immune responses in adolescents.
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Pesticide exposure speeds up puberty in boys
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA]. April 2 (ANI): Chinese researchers have warned environmental exposure to pesticides that kill mosquitoes, insects and sprayed on crops, may cause boys to reach sexual maturity early at the age of nine.
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Cipla initiates campaign for a pollution free Delhi; starts #saveyourlungs
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): The World Health Organization recently reported that 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. National Capital Delhi also figures in the list of 13. The environmental exposure to increasing air pollutants in Delhi is so immensely affecting
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