Extreme heat and humidity and other climate-related events have an alarming impact on mental health outcomes in terms of depression...
Women who take extra vitamin D during their pregnancy are more likely to have a ‘natural’ delivery, according to University...
Parents often give their children useful advice: Wash your hands, cover your cough and put the toilet lid down before...
A new study by scientists in the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health’s Built Environment and Health Research Group...
For the first time, a study examined perceived neighborhood walkability, physical activity, and obesity indicators on a national level, finding...
The sound made by a refrigerator is just 50 A-weighted decibels. A ringing telephone generates 70 dBA, a leaf blower...
Electric vehicles are widely hailed as a key way to mitigate climate change through reduced emissions, but research on the...
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, certain hospital pathogens that are resistant to many antibiotics have been detected...
The website of the UK children’s comic The Beano describes itself as “100% safe for children”—but is its junk food-related...
Despite laws against advertising cannabis to teens, young people reported in surveys that they still see a lot of positive...
One third of premature deaths attributable to higher temperatures in European cities during summer 2015 could have been prevented by...
Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods may be linked to an increased risk of developing and dying from cancer, an Imperial...
