Study: Even richest Americans face shorter lifespans than European counterparts
A Conversation with WHO’s Dr. Allotey https://www.byteseu.com/898819/ #Bleeding #Blood #Childbirth #diabetes #epidemiology #FemaleGenitalMutilation #GestationalDiabetes #GlobalHealth #Health #HealthSystems #Healthcare #HIV #InfectiousDiseases #MaternalHealth #MentalHealth #Mortality #Newborn #poverty #pregnancy #PublicHealth #ReproductiveHealth #Research
#Plantbased diets are linked to lower #mortality & #environment impacts, highlighting the #health & planetary advantages of adopting such #diets. (In Europe, 1 in 5 premature deaths could be prevented by optimised diets. #Dairy & #meat have the largest footprints.) www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Pres...
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Two plant-based diets linked to similar survival benefits and low environmental impact https://www.diningandcooking.com/2000734/two-plant-based-diets-linked-to-similar-survival-benefits-and-low-environmental-impact/ #Cardiology #CardiovascularDisease #diet #Fish #food #FoodProduction #Meat #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #Mortality #OliveOil #Research #SaturatedFats #Vegetables
By all means begin your folio; even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week. It is not only in finished undertakings that we ought to honour useful labour.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-04), “Æs Triplex,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
So I'm writing the code for my weather station upgrade, and I do a quick check on whether the cumulative counter for the tipping bucket rain gauge should be int(16bit) of long(32bit) . Looking at Melbourne's avg rain fall, it looks like int will last 33 years.
Short pause. - Hmm I'll probably be dead by then .
Short pause. - Well that's two bytes saved.
Understanding the health impacts of the climate crisis
and imagining a positive future
"Climate change is the greatest threat to human health now."
"Climate change is already causing significant shifts in weather patterns and an increase in extreme weather events around the world, including droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, storms and floods."
"The major cause of pollution is the burning of fossil fuels, further motivating action on reducing GHG; adverse weather events, such as heatwaves, can acutely amplify pollution impacts."
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2514664525000190
#climate #FossilFuels #meat #food #water #insecurity #mentalhealth #neurology #ClimateBreakdown #ExtremeHeatwaves #drought #bushfires #floods #pollution #pesticides #InfectiousDiseases #mortality #restoration #biosphere #inaction #governance
Economic vulnerabilities to climate change
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows
“In a hotter future, we can expect cascading supply chain disruptions triggered by extreme weather events worldwide. New research had looked at the likely impact of global heating of 4C – seen by many climate experts as catastrophic for the planet – finding it would make the average person 40% poorer."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/01/average-person-will-be-40-poorer-if-world-warms-by-4c-new-research-shows
#climate #pollution #droughts #floods #ExtremeHeatwaves #SupplyChains #ClimateBreakdown #mortality
Study shows impact of foreign aid sanctions on maternal and child health https://www.byteseu.com/853759/ #ChildHealth #Children #GlobalHealth #Health #Medicine #Mortality #Pediatrics #Research
Mediterranean diet lowers COVID-19 risk, but its effect on symptoms and severity remains uncertain https://www.diningandcooking.com/1970743/mediterranean-diet-lowers-covid-19-risk-but-its-effect-on-symptoms-and-severity-remains-uncertain/ ##COVID19 ##inflammation #coronavirus #cough #Cytokine #Cytokines #diarrhea #diet #Fever #Fish #food #Frequency #Immunomodulatory #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #Mortality #NasalCongestion #nausea #OliveOil #oxygen #pandemic #SARS #SARSCoV2 #SoreThroat #Throat #VitaminC
Mediterranean diet significantly lowers heart failure risk, especially in women https://www.diningandcooking.com/1965592/mediterranean-diet-significantly-lowers-heart-failure-risk-especially-in-women/ ##inflammation #AntiInflammatory #CardiovascularDisease #diet #heart #HeartFailure #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #Mortality #nutrition #OliveOil #OxidativeStress #Research #stress
French dietary guidelines linked to lower mortality risk https://www.diningandcooking.com/1962552/french-dietary-guidelines-linked-to-lower-mortality-risk/ #BreastCancer #cancer #CardiovascularDisease #Diabetes #diet #education #food #francais #france #French #FrenchDiet #Genetics #LungCancer #Meat #Mortality #nutrition #PhysicalActivity #PublicHealth #Research #smoking #Vegetables
Addition of three words to an email signature in Canada is estimated to cause one additional death per year, based on energy requirements, carbon emissions, and a CO2-mortality rule of thumb.
Summary: https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-email-signatures-planet-people.html
Original paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825000863
Older individuals (≥65 years) who had an exercise habit prior to hospitalization for heart failure had a 25% lower risk of dying in the two years following hospitalization.
Summary: https://scienceblog.com/555386/exercise-before-heart-failure-hospitalization-could-be-your-lifeline
Original paper (not open access): https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf069/8023331
Following the World Health Organization's guidelines for physical activity did not lower mortality risk or alter genetic disease risk.
Other lifestyles, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, largely explained the favorable associations of physical activity with biological aging.
#science #who #physicalactivity #mortality
https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/does-exercise-really-extend-life-finnish-twin-study-offers-new-insights
#Survival of Eurasian #lynx in the human-dominated landscape of #Europe
#OpenAccess
#ConservationBiology
#IllegalKilling was the main cause of #mortality (33.8%), and mortality rates were similar in protected and hunted populations (8.6% and 7.0% per year, respectively). Due to the low natural mortality rates in protected and hunted populations, #anthropogenic causes of mortality are likely close to additive, such that maintaining or increasing refuge #habitat with little human #disturbance is critical to lynx #conservation.
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14439
COVID-19 pandemic caused significant loss of disability-free life in Europe https://www.byteseu.com/821028/ #COVID19 #Disability #Europe #LifeExpectancy #Medicine #Mortality #Pandemic #Research
It's JUST measles! A lot of people do not remember the pre-vaccine days.
Thanks to @darcrich.bsky.social
Long-distance migration can be dangerous. A life history model by Ronald C. Ydenberg predicts differences in over-summering between similar sandpiper species because the mortality posed by predators differs between flyways. Read now ahead of print! https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/734101
