Wildfire smoke poses growing risk to pregnant women as climate change worsens, US study finds

Wildfire smoke is emerging as a growing threat to pregnant women, with new research suggesting that climate-driven fires are exposing more expectant mothers to harmful air pollution even as conventional sources of pollution decline.

From smoking to stress, scientists identify everyday habits that could be quietly rewiring your brain toward dementia.

Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating The human-driven climate crisis made the conditions that led to blazes roaring across Canada, which have caused toxic smoke to spew throughout the country and into the US, twice as likely to occur, a ne

Two people in Australia are diagnosed with ALS each day. Researchers say working with pesticides could bring a 70 per cent greater risk of developing the fatal disease.

The study didn’t include uninsured families or those on Medicaid, which means the data may be skewed.

Huntstock/Getty Being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, can be devastating. ALS is the most common form of motor neurone disease, a neurodegenerative condition that affects people’s ability to speak, eat, breathe and swallow. It is debilitating and progresses rapid

Writing in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, the researchers - from Canada and the UK - say the findings suggest medics may fail to recognise eating disorders other than anorexia.