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Air pollution named as leading cause in strokes
2016-06-10 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Each year, around 15 million people globally suffer from strokes and it is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. Scientists have long known that behavioral factors like diet, smoking, and exercise all contribute to those statistics, but now, a new study published in the journal Lancet Neurology names another leading contributor: air pollution. The study, funded by public health groups in the U.S. and New Zealand, found that environmental and household air pollution was associated with a...
Increase in pollution leads rise in strokes
2016-02-20 10:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: Rising levels of pollution have led to an increase in the number of strokes, revealed a study, reaffirming the growing evidence that climate change and overall air quality contributes to heart disease. The results showed that particles less than 2.5 mm in diameter (PM2.5) pose the greatest health risks due to their small size (1/30th diameter of a human hair and not visible to the human eye). They are created from combustion from cars, power plants, forest fires and others. Researchers also...
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Number of strokes increase as pollution levels rise
2016-02-20 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Higher pollution levels were linked to a higher total number of strokes, and researchers said it reaffirmed the growing evidence that climate change and overall air quality contributes to cardiovascular disease, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2016. The study, which used data from the United States and China, is one of the first to investigate the interaction between air quality and the number of stroke cases (prevalence) along...
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Strokes of copper: Artist creates new work for Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
2015-11-16 16:58:33| Airlines - Topix.net
Honolulu visionary, educator, illustrator and artist extraordinaire Solomon Enos was commissioned by the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel to paint a mural which will be hung in the newly renovated Copper Bar. The first major commission in 50 years, the hotel is keeping with founder Laurance Rockefeller's vision of making the hotel an art gallery.
Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark Try Different Strokes to Fix Agency Model
2015-08-04 13:37:56| Paper - Topix.net
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