Although mountaintop removal mining is less expensive and more efficient than conventional methods, opponents have criticized its adverse effects on both the environment and health.
The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have released a new evidence-based guideline detailing the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Positive associations were seem between short-term PM2.5 exposure and risk for hospital admission for several prevalent diseases, including septicemia, fluid and electrolyte disorders, and acute and unspecified renal failure.
The primary end point was the reduction in the percentage of subjects with clinically symptomatic respiratory illness, defined as illness associated with a respiratory tract infection based on prespecified diagnostic criteria, with or without laboratory confirmation of a pathogen.
Enough evidence was available to conclude that common cancer-related health outcomes could be improved with specific doses of aerobic, combined aerobic plus resistance training, and/or resistance training.
