Tag: cancer
Hip-hop and health – why so many rap artists die young
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
The song “Be Healthy” from the 2000 album by hip-hop duo dead prez, “Let’s...
Annual numbers of excess deaths in the US relative to other...
Patrick Heuveline, University of California, Los Angeles
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring...
Marlaine Figueroa Gray, University of Washington
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the deep need that people feel...
Arsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health...
Cristina Andrade-Feraud, Florida International University and Diana Azzam, Florida International University
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in...
Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain...
Robin Dodson, Boston University; Megan R. Schwarzman, University of California, Berkeley, and Ruthann Rudel, Northeastern University
The Research Brief...
Lung cancer rates have decreased for the Marlboro Man, but have...
Estelamari Rodriguez, University of Miami
When many people think of an average lung cancer patient, they often imagine an...
People produce endocannabinoids – similar to compounds found in marijuana –...
Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina
Over the past two decades, a...
CBD is not a cure-all – here’s what science says about...
Kent E Vrana, Penn State
Over the last five years, an often forgotten piece of U.S. federal legislation –...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
