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Ecology and Public Health: Healing the Web of Life
Environmental issues are inseparable from health care issues. Physicians need to renew their commitments to public health and join forces with environmental scientists. The American Holistic Medical Association’s 2007 conference provided an historic forum for clinicians, activists and eco-researchers to share data and explore practical solutions at the individual and ecosystem levels.
Vol. 8, No. 4. Winter, 2007
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Endocrine Disruptors, Precocious Puberty & Reproductive System Cancer
Estrogenic and hormonally-active environmental toxins from plastics, pesticides, animal feed, and cosmetics play a key role in precocious puberty—on the rise in young girls---as well many forms of cancer, says Dr. Devra Lee Davis, of the University of Pittsburgh’s new Center for Environmental Oncology.
Vol. 8, No. 4. Winter, 2007
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Is Diabetes an Environmental Illness?
People tend not to think of diabetes as being related to environmental toxin exposure, but three recently published studies indicate a strong correlation between onset of type 2 diabetes and increased blood levels of hormonally-active pollutants.
Vol. 8, No. 4. Winter, 2007
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Roots of Health Begin in the Soil
Healthy soil is the foundation of healthy food, which is the foundation of healthy humans, says Michael Abelman, a veteran organic farmer who believes farming has a lot more in common with medical practice than most people realize.
Vol. 8, No. 4. Winter, 2007
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Seafood Safety Report Makes Big Splash
The issue of whether or not to eat fish has had a lot of people floundering in recent years. Many are concerned about mercury and other environmental toxins found in some fish. Two major reports, one from the Institute of Medicine, and another from researchers at Harvard insist that the health benefits of a fish-rich diet far outweigh the minimal risks. Enviro-groups contend that the reports are downplaying the pollution problem.
Vol. 7, No. 4. Winter, 2006
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Catch-22: Can We Harvest the Health Benefits of Seafood Without Destroying the Oceans?
The recent Institute of Medicine and Harvard reports on seafood safety go a long way in allaying public concern about mercury toxicity in fish and affirming fish as a healthy food. But they largely overlook the precarious state of the world's oceans. Can we have our fish and eat them too? Yes, say marine biologists, but only with major changes in fisheries management and consumer consciousness.
Vol. 7, No. 4. Winter, 2006
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Healing a Poisoned Planet: Eco-Docs Think Globally, Act Locally
Eco-consciousness doesn't have to mean picketing outside the next WTO meeting or radically redesigning your office. As two young physicians prove, all it takes is a willingness to think outside the box and take action based on what's best for your patients' and your own community's health.
Vol. 7, No. 2. Summer, 2006
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Outpatient Clinics Honored for Superior Environmental Performance
The Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E), annual Environmental Leadership Awards honor hospitals, health systems and clinics who've demonstrated superior performance in eliminating mercury, reducing waste, and implementing eco-standards. This year's award winners show that small outpatient clinics can make as big a difference as large medical centers.
Vol. 7, No. 2. Summer, 2006
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Finding Antioxidant Gold in Olive Oil Industry's Waste Stream
The olive oil industry presses millions of gallons of water out of olives each year. Managing this wastewater has become a major environmental problem in olive producing nations. But it turns out that olive water contains a very strong antioxidant. Roberto Crea, an Italian biochemist, developed a way to extract this compound from the wastewater to create a new antioxidant supplement product called Olivenol.
Vol. 4, No. 2. April, 2003
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CleanMed 2001: Hospital Administrators See the Green Light
Hospital administrators are finally starting to reckon with the damaging effects their institutions can have on the environment. Janet Brown, HPC's resident medical environmentalist, reports from CleanMed, the nation's largest conference dedicated to health care and ecology.
Vol. 2, No. 3. June 15, 2001
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Household Molds Often Drive Respiratory Symptoms
Household molds like Cladosporium and Aspergillus are common triggers for asthma and other respiratory conditions, though they seldom get the attention given to cigarette smoke and animal dander. Since all molds need damp environments, the key to controlling molds is to control household moisture.
Vol. 2, No. 3. February 14, 2001
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Mercury Makes Fish Foul, Admits FDA
The FDA's recent warning that pregnant women should reduce their fish consumption because of high mercury levels are good as far as they go. But unfortunately, like many government efforts, they fail to address the real issue: Why is there so much mercury in our oceans?
Vol. 2, No. 1. February 14, 2001
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Enviro-Consciousness Dawns in US Hospitals
Hospital administrators around the country are slowly starting to see a "green" light. According to the first ever survey of waste management practices in medicine, it seems the nation's hospitals are strengthening their commitment to recycling and reducing the volume of toxic medical waste.
Vol. 1, No. 2. December 15, 2000
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Enviro-Friendly Asthma Inhalers Emerge, But Slowly
Environmentally friendly propellants may soon replace the ozone-eating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in metered dose inhalers used for asthma medications. CFC-free formulations of albuterol and salbutamol, two common asthma drugs, are already available for testing, but since the new propellants change the amounts of drug delivered to the lungs, it may be a few years before drug manufacturers release these new products to the market.
Vol. 1, No. 1. October 15, 2000
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