Noncommunicable Diseases Biodiversity Loss
The global human impact on biodiversity. Nature.
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Noncommunicable Diseases Climate Change
Association Between Heatwave Exposure and Rapid Kidney Function Decline: A Longitudinal Cohort Study from CHARLS. BMC Public Health.
This study finds that prolonged heatwave exposure significantly increases the risk of rapid kidney function decline in older adults in China, with urban residents, men, and those who smoke or drink especially vulnerable.
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Noncommunicable Diseases Climate Change
Estimating the urban heat-related mortality burden due to greenness: a global modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health.
This study aimed to estimate the effects of increased greenness in urban areas on heat-related deaths. Modeling suggests that preserving and expanding greenness is a potential solution to lower ambient temperatures and reduce the health impacts of heat exposure.
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Noncommunicable Diseases Air Pollution
Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Associated with the Progression of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China: Effect Size and Urban–Rural disparities. BMC Public Health.
This study found that chronic exposure to fine particulate air pollution accelerates the development and complications of type 2 diabetes in China, with urban areas showing higher onset rates and rural areas facing greater mortality risk and healthcare disparities.
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Life Stage and Reproductive Health Noncommunicable Diseases
Healthier lifestyles can modify the air pollutants effect on cardiovascular disease among the middle-aged and elderly. Nature Scientific Reports.
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Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: Report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health. The Lancet.
