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Toxic Legacy — How Lead Exposure Silently Fueled America's Mental Health Crisis

Mercola

Lead exposure has been silently fueling a mental health crisis in the United States. Characterized by impaired brain function, increased impulsivity and heightened anxiety, lead exposure disrupts the very foundation of mental well-being.

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Researchers Hammond and Shields receive awards, opportunities to expand research

Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

Written by Kim Furlow, communication programs manager, Institute for Public Health Two Public Health Faculty Scholars, who are also collaborators with WashUs Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research, have recently received honors and opportunities to help expand their research.

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LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

Environmental Health News

Just just to highlight that point a little bit: so the ownership of land, employment and leadership of private sector and public sectors is usually dominated by few upper caste groups. It was a pretty, actually confusing and challenging time to be a young immigrant woman navigating the US academic system and just in general, day to day life.

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PLOS Announces New Publishing Agreement with Colombian Consortium

The Official PLOS Blog

SAN FRANCISCO —The Public Library of Science (PLOS) is pleased to announce a consortium agreement with Consorcio Colombia / Consortia facilitated by Accucoms, that allows joining member institutions to participate in PLOS’ three innovative publishing models across all 14 PLOS titles.

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2024: A Year in Review

Research America

We are united under a common cause advocating for science and innovation to achieve better health for all. The great strength of Research!America With you, we will continue to push the pace of medical and scientific progress to deliver better health for all and a vibrant science & technology future for the U.S.

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Study Challenges the Current Definition of Obesity

Mercola

When it comes to diagnosing obesity, BMI (body mass index) has been the primary tool used by health care professionals. However, it has well-known flaws, such as failing to measure fat distribution and overall metabolic health. 1 The shortcomings of BMI The researchers point out that that BMI alone is a poor predictor of health.

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Why should you care about an indirect cost?

Your Local Epidemiologist

In my prior life, I was an assistant professor at the University of Texas, leading a research lab focused on a single mission: breaking the cycle of violence using infectious disease modeling. All of this work was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Indirect costs are specific to each institution, so they vary.