Lifestyle choices are driving America’s heart disease epidemic, AHA warns
Despite medical advances, America’s heart disease crisis worsens—alarming new data reveals how lifestyle choices, racial disparities, and rising obesity rates...
Month: January 2025
Two New Papers Reveal Startling Human Health Risks from Neonicotinoid Pesticides
I recently coauthored two articles on the acute and chronic human health risks from neonicotinoid pesticides. The papers compiled data...
Q&A: Hamilton author on the ‘shocking’ lack of understanding about the impacts of racism on mental health
McMaster professor Ingrid Waldron has had quite the journey over the past several years.Her book on environmental racism in Nova Scotia, There's Something in...
Affordable Eats: Forget Dieting. This N.J spot promotes a healthy lifestyle
This is a continuation of our healthy January Affordable Eats for all who resolved to eat better this new year....
Study uncovers psychological profiles associated with mental and brain health in middle-aged and older adults
Association between psychological profiles and mental health in the BBHI and Medit-Ageing cohorts. Credit: Nature Mental Health (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44220-024-00361-8...
huge study identifies new health risks
Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs have a range of side effects and benefits that researchers are analysing.Credit: Steve Christo/Corbis via...
Sewer Sludge Is Dangerous to Human Health, EPA Says
FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants appears to expose farmers and nearby neighbors...
Air pollution amplifies dementia risk in cardiometabolic disease patients
New research reveals how simple lifestyle changes can mitigate the dual threat of cardiometabolic diseases and air pollution on cognitive...
University of Windsor – Mental health key in welcoming newcomer youth: study
UWindsor researchers set out to assess resilience in immigrant and refugee youth but found a different problem: a lack of...
