Environmental Health

Access to higher levels of residential greenspace was tied to lower adiposity in children, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Both physicians and patients showed openness to considering environmental factors when discussing treatment options, a qualitative study published in Nature Climate Change showed.

Environmental sustainability is a critical global concern, as climate change and environmental degradation increasingly threaten human health and planetary well-being.

NEW YORK — A key role for psychiatrists is assessing the mental health needs of a community affected by natural disaster, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, told Healio at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

ATLANTA — In this Healio video exclusive, Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, discusses a new American Heart Association policy statement that highlights the importance of considering cardiometabolic health in urban planning.

SAN FRANCISCO — Ophthalmologists need to work with industry to reduce the carbon footprint created by medical products, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Men and women who developed thyroid cancer after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster had a significantly higher incidence of secondary solid tumors, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Greater residential levels of fine particulate matter air pollution, especially from agriculture and wildfires, were linked to higher rates of dementia, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Healio spoke with David Klonoff, MD, about unmet needs in the field of diabetes technology.

HOUSTON —People with type 1 diabetes who lived in areas with little green space were more likely to have high blood pressure, but odds were lower for those exposed to more air pollution, according to study data.