Climate Change

A systematic review showed that “common environmental exposures exacerbated by climate change” — namely, air pollution and heat exposure — are significantly associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, researchers reported.

Changes in environmental and weather conditions may be able to predict STEMI up to 3 days before an event and subsequently, researchers showed.

Experts spoke with Healio about ongoing research on the mechanisms behind cancer-related cognitive decline, also known as “chemo brain,” and how to manage its effects. It was the top story in hematology/oncology last week.

Climate change is a threat to the progress made toward reducing the global burden of cancer, according to a commentary published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Each year, April 22 is recognized as Earth Day — an observance held to highlight support and raise awareness for environmental protection.

In a new study, researchers reported that higher ambient temperatures as observed in Kuwait may be associated with higher CVD mortality.

Last year, researchers estimated that 60% of the global population will be at risk for dengue by 2080, citing climate change as a potential factor in the disease’s spread. We asked Duane J. Gubler, ScD, FAAAS, FIDSA, FASTMH, chair of the Global Dengue & Aedes-Transmitted Diseases Consortium and emeritus professor of emerging infectious diseases at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, if climate change impacts the spread and transmission of dengue.

According to WHO, Earth has warmed approximately 0.85°C over the last 130 years — with each of the past 3 decades being successively warmer than any preceding decade since 1850. It will warm more than 3°C this century alone.

An independent joint commission assembled by WHO, UNICEF and The Lancet has called for immediate action to protect the health of children against the rapidly changing climate and guard them against predatory marketing practices.

Although the link between climate change and health is “becoming increasingly clear,” the medical community is generally unaware of how much climate change is impacting patients today, experts told Healio Primary Care.