Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a significant public health issue. AD has been linked with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism, but the findings have been inconsistent. The purpose of this meta-predictive analysis is to examine the associations between MTHFR polymorphisms and epigenetic factors, including air pollution, with AD risk using big data analytics ap...

conclusions proximity to road traffic might be a risk factor for ra as there are suspected effects associated with no2 and so2. overall, the available evidence is too preliminary and scarce to draw firm conclusions. however, the results indicate the feasibility of further studies elucidating on the relationship between air pollution and ra. results four relevant papers were included in a qualit...

background and aims: air pollution is one of the health problems worldwide. previous epidemiological studies have investigated the impacts of air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. the aim of this study was to determine the associations between air pollution levels and different health indicators among world countries. methods: this ecological study was performed in 2013 by u...

OBJECTIVES Air pollution has been associated with an increased risk for lung cancer. We examined whether long-term air pollution is associated with bladder cancer risk. METHODS Information from a case-control study in Spain that included 1219 incident cases and 1271 hospital controls was used. Information on residential history including several indicators of exposure to air pollution and oth...

19 In 2002, Lonely Planet changed the cover of its travel guide to Hong Kong and Macau from a brightly colored temple to the Bank of China building silhouetted against a hazy sky. Inside, the guide tells visitors with respiratory conditions to consider “dangerously high levels of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide” when planning to stay “for a prolonged period, particularly in summer” (But...

AIMS Episodes of increased air pollution are associated with increases in hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease. Even modest acute phase responses are associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease. The study investigates whether induction of an acute phase response by exposure to air pollution may contribute to cardiovascular pathology. METHODS AND RESULTS A prospective co...

The 10-year mortality in a sample of adult inhabitants of Cracow, Poland, was analysed according to the levels of air pollution in the area of residence. Smoking habit and several social and occupational factors were considered in the analysis, which was carried out with the use of a multivariate method for categorical variables. Among men the main effect of air pollution was marginally signifi...

The rapid industrial development that began in the 1950's created environmental problems which consequently led to health hazards among residents of heavily polluted areas in Japan, such as Minamata Disease and Yokkaichi Asthma. Faced with these situations, the Japanese national government and local environmental authorities exerted much efforts to control pollution as well as to provide soluti...

This paper estimates indirect benefits of improved air quality induced by hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”. The recent increase in natural gas supply led to displacement of coal-fired electricity by cleaner natural gasfired generation. Using detailed spatial panel data comprising the near universe of US power plants, we find that coal generation decreased by 28%. Further, fracking decreased ...