CLIMATE CHANGE Evidence continues to emerge that climate change is resulting in greater numbers of heat waves and flooding events, bringing more opportunity for waterborne diseases such as cholera and for disease vectors such as mosquitoes in new regions. Climate change will increase deaths from heat stress, malnutrition and the spread of infectious diseases like [...]Read more
CIVIL CONFLICT If a country is on the brink of breakdown from civil unrest, the ability to handle an intense and sudden problem like an outbreak could bring its people to their knees and allow the infection to flourish. Outbreaks can completely paralyze countries. Civil unrest leaves economic and health infrastructures in dire need of [...]Read more
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION IN ASTHMA What is chronic inflammation and what does it mean? Let’s begin with a look at the words themselves. Chronic, in relation to health, means an illness or disease that persists for a long time or one that is constantly recurring. Inflammation – think of “in-flames” – is the body’s response to [...]Read more
BABY BOOMERS FACE ALZHEIMER’S EPIDEMIC This disease is now the seventh deadliest illness. People under the age of 65 are inexplicably stricken with so-called “early-onset Alzheimer’s”. Alzheimer’s is just as much a threat to our adults as the rampant rise in autism is to our children. CLEARLY SOMETHING IS WRONG. But what? Alzheimer’s is NOT [...]Read more
BABY BOOMER You’ve worked hard and built a good life for yourself and your family, so it’s no wonder you’re thinking about the long term when it comes to better health. You’re part of a generation that associates better health with the bigger picture-mental wellbeing and happiness are important to you, while things like physical [...]Read more
Worldwide air pollution is responsible for large numbers of deaths and cases of respiratory disease. Enforced air quality standards, like the Clean Air Act in the United States, have reduced the presence of some pollutants. While major stationary sources are often identified with air pollution, the greatest source of emissions are actually mobile sources, principally […]
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