Polluted air doesn’t just harm lungs - it can rewire metabolism through brown fat changes, increasing diabetes risk.

The threat posed by air pollution is more significant than many people may realize. According to the World Health Organization, almost 99 percent of the global population breathes air that exceeds ...

Long-term exposure to fine air pollution can impair metabolic health by disrupting the normal function of brown fat in mice.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects an estimated 85 million people in the US, and up to 3.9 million in the UK, and is characterized by pauses in breathing that are caused by the throat collapsing ...

Early one October afternoon in 2023, thick gray smoke drifted across Sheffield's western skyline. As much of the city became blanketed, residents turned to social media to complain about "bonfire ...

NNPH is asking for community input on SEPs they will consider. Residents can submit a project idea here. “This new program ...

New research finds eating more fruit may help protect your lungs from air pollution. Discover how fruit’s antioxidants can ...

People whose homes are near busy highways may be able to reduce their blood pressure by running an air purifier with a HEPA filter, a study found. Just a month of air filter use cut systolic blood ...

Living in areas with higher levels of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is linked to more severe buildup of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease. The study used post-mortem ...

Heat and air pollution affect millions in cities. Manchester researchers use AI and open data to build tools helping cities track risks and respond more effectively to climate and environmental ...

For more than a decade, Shirley Rietdyk and her fellow researchers in the Purdue University Human Motor Behavior Group have analyzed falls and loss of balance in an understudied, but abundant, ...