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Proximity to nuclear power plants associated with increased cancer mortality
Counties in the U.S. near operational nuclear power plants have higher cancer mortality rates than those farther away, even after adjusting for socioeconomic, environmental, and health care factors. …
Diet and Lifestyle
Gut microbiome interventions restore feeding behavior altered by early-life unhealthy diet
A new study in mice finds that an unhealthy diet early in life causes lasting changes in the brain and feeding behavior, but interventions targeting the gut microbiome can help…
Preventive Medicine
Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of hospitalization from serious respiratory tract infections by 33 percent
Severe vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher rate of hospitalization for respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia. …





















