Depression and asthma among biggest health threats to Australian youth: report – The Guardian


The Guardian

Depression and asthma among biggest health threats to Australian youth: report
The Guardian
Chronic and non-communicable diseases like depression, asthma and musculoskeletal pain are the prevailing causes of poor health among Australian adolescents, a global study on illness and death among 10 to 24-year-olds has found. Published in the …

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Health Care Without Harm Steps Up Advocacy Efforts as Threats to Clean Air Act … – PR Newswire (press release)

Health Care Without Harm Steps Up Advocacy Efforts as Threats to Clean Air Act
PR Newswire (press release)
"There is a clear correlation between air pollution and chronic illness, such as asthma, heart disease, and respiratory disease," stated Eric Lerner, director of Health Care Without Harm's US Climate and Health Program. "At some point we need to stop

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NIH renews major research program to develop medical countermeasures against radiological and nuclear threats

A major research effort to develop medical products to diagnose, prevent
and treat the short- and long-term consequences of radiation exposure
after a radiological or nuclear terrorist attack has been renewed today
by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
part of the National Institutes of Health.

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