Articles Covered: How vitamins, and potential antivirals might affect SARS-CoV-2 Melatonin produced in the lungs prevents infection by novel coronavirus Research shows people with high omega-3 index less likely to die from COVID-19 Global analysis suggests COVID-19 is seasonal Findings… Read More ›
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Omega–3 For Better Heart Rate Recovery
Omega–3 For Better Heart Rate Recovery Previous studies have shown that a slow heart rate recovery is associated with increased risk for sudden cardiac death, which fits with higher EPA and DHA levels being linked with reduced risk for sudden… Read More ›
COVID-19 Updated Nutritional Supplement Research
COVID-19 Updated Nutritional Supplement Research Dietary supplements an important weapon for fighting off COVID-19 Optimal Nutritional Status for a Well-Functioning Immune System Is an Important Factor to Protect against Viral Infections Nutrients 2020, 12(4), 1181; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12041181 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/4/1181/htm Ayurveda and yoga… Read More ›
Omega-3 fish oil as effective for attention as ADHD drugs for some children
Omega-3 fish oil as effective for attention as ADHD drugs for some children ‘Our results suggest that fish oil supplements are at least as effective for attention as conventional pharmacological treatments among those children with ADHD who have omega-3 deficiency…. Read More ›
Optimal Omega-3 intake to reduce CVD risk
Optimal Omega-3 intake to reduce CVD risk Optimal Omega-3 intake to reduce CVD risk A dose–response analysis based on 58 placebo‐controlled trials estimated that each 1 g/d increase of marine omega‐3 reduced triglyceride levels by 5.9 mg/dL and such linear… Read More ›
Omega-3 levels better predictors of death risk than cholesterol
Omega-3 levels better predictors of death risk than cholesterol Results showed that the risk for death from any cause was reduced by about 33% comparing in participants with highest omega-3 blood levels while total serum cholesterol was not significantly associated… Read More ›
Pesticide residues on produce associated with poor pregnancy outcomes
Pesticide residues on produce associated with poor pregnancy outcomes Researchers discovered that the EPA permitted level of pesticide residues of Fruits and Vegetables may have a significantly negative effect on pregnancy outcomes.Citation: Association Between Pesticide Residue Intake From Consumption… Read More ›
More than HALF of U.S. rivers are too polluted to support life as shocking report reveals scale of water contamination
Pollution is due to fertiliser use and over-development Harmful levels of toxic mercury in fish from U.S. rivers By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:27 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:27 EST, 27 March 2013 More than half of America’s… Read More ›
EPA plays legal games to prevent banning of allegedly poisonous Chlorpyrifos
Pesiticide Foes Will Try to Work It Out With EPA By JUNE WILLIAMS SEATTLE (CN) – A 9th Circuit hearing over a pesticide that allegedly poisons farm workers and children ended with environmentalists agreeing to mediation. Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide… Read More ›
Pesticide susceptibility in children lasts longer than expected: Some are 130 to 164 times more susceptible than others
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Sarah Yang scyang@berkeley.edu 510-643-7741 University of California – Berkeley Berkeley — Although it is known that infants are more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, this increased vulnerability may extend much… Read More ›
Arsenic linked to cardiovascular disease at federally-approved levels for drinking water
2008 Study posted for filing Contact: Clare Collins CollCX@upmc.edu 412-647-3555 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences University of Pittsburgh mouse study published in Journal of Clinical Investigations PITTSBURGH, Nov. 13 – When mice are exposed to arsenic at… Read More ›
EPA pesticide exposure test too short, overlooks long term effects: EPA only test Pesticides health effects over 4 days
Contact: Morgan Kelly mekelly@pitt.edu 412-624-4356 University of Pittsburgh Pitt research suggests EPA pesticide exposure test too short, overlooks long term effects PITTSBURGH—The four-day testing period the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commonly uses to determine safe levels of pesticide exposure… Read More ›
Radioactive cheese grater case shows lack of oversight
Who is in charge of protecting Americans from products made from radioactively tainted metal? The answer: No one. Officials with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. Department of… Read More ›
