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Women in polluted areas at higher risk of cardiovascular disease

Women living in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease and subsequently dying from cardiovascular causes, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM ). The study is one of the largest of its kind, involvin...
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Reducing fine particulate air pollution cuts mortality risk

Researchers who extended the Harvard Six Cities fine particulate air pollution study by eight years found that reduced levels of tiny particle pollution during this period lowered mortality risk for participants. The results are published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care ...
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Children living near major roads face higher asthma risk

Young children who live near a major road are significantly more likely to have asthma than children who live only blocks away,. The study is published in the Environmental Health Perspectives. The study found that children living within 75 meters ( about 82 yards ) of a major road had a 50 ...
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Exposure to fine particle air pollution linked to risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases

Being exposed to fine particle matter air pollution increases the risk for hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Numerous studies have shown associations of chronic exposure to airborne particles and increased health risks. Recent evidence on adverse effects of particu...
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Fish oil prevents potentially deadly decline in heart rate variability

A two-gram fish oil supplement given daily to elderly persons prevented a decline in heart rate variability caused by tiny, dangerous airborne pollutant particles. Heart rate variability, a measure of the autonomic nervous system's regulation of the heart, is an independent risk factor for cardia...
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Air pollution can cause cardiovascular disease

Researchers at the New York University School of Medicine provide some of the most compelling evidence yet that long-term exposure to air pollution--even at levels within federal standards--causes heart disease. Previous studies have linked air pollution to cardiovascular disease but until now it wa...
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Risk of ischemic stroke increases with rise in particulate air pollution

A study, led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ( BIDMC ) and the Harvard School of Public Health ( HSPH ), has demonstrated that the risk of ischemic stroke increases with a rise in particulate air pollution. The findings are published in the Stroke: Journal of the American H...
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Cystic fibrosis, breath test offers hope for early detection of lung-bacteria growth

Researchers at University of California - Irvine ( UCI ) have found that breath-analysis testing may prove to be an effective, non-invasive method for detecting the damaging lung-bacteria growth seen in cystic fibrosis, which would allow for early stage treatments that can extend the health of peop...
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Childhood asthma linked to exposure to traffic-related pollution

For children living near a freeway may bring an increased risk of asthma, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Researchers studying air pollution levels in 10 Southern California cities found that the closer children live to a freeway...
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Childhood cancers strongly linked to air pollution in early life

Childhood cancers are strongly linked to pollution from engine exhausts. The postal addresses of 22,500 children who had died of cancer in Britain between 1955 and 1980 were linked to emissions hotspots for specific chemicals. These were identified from published maps of atmospheric pollution lev...
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