Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2023

Surgeon General, who issued a warning in late 2021 that today’s challenges—including climate change, racial injustice and more—are wreaking “devastating effects” on our young people’s mental health. last month and met with leaders to advocate for funding for youth mental health resources tied to climate anxiety.

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Physics World

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Also in this episode, we hear from a physicist who has struggled within the mental health system. After a horrific reaction to a medication and multiple diagnoses that got him nowhere, Alexander Mendelsohn (not his real name) explains why he believes that the mental-health system operates in a bizarre, awful and unscientific way.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Because heat exposure exacerbates so many other medical conditions , data on heat-related illness and death severely undercounts the real impact extreme heat has on public health—yet heat is still by far the number one cause of weather-related death each year. One way to do so is here. And indeed, in today’s climate it’s turning deadly.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Finally, increased access to public transportation has been shown to improve mental health outcomes in older adults, decreasing feelings of social isolation. In this way, opting for public transportation has a co-benefit of decreasing risk of obesity, respiratory, and cardiovascular disease.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Allegheny Front and Environmental Health News investigated the mental health impacts of air and water pollution and climate change in western Pennsylvania. Reporting also uncovered the growing gap in mental health care as more people are traumatized by worsening climate change. -- Part 1: Feeling anxious about climate change?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 13, 2024

In the US and elsewhere, heat is the biggest weather-related killer , and people who live with less shade are two to three times more likely to suffer from heat-related illness and death. Nearly 20% of L.A.’s From one neighborhood to the next, heat is not experienced evenly. A hearty high-five is exchanged at a tree planting in Los Angeles.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 10, 2022

Quite the contrary, it is essential for humans not only to be free from mental illness but to thrive at all life stages. Quite the contrary, it is essential for humans not only to be free from mental illness but to thrive at all life stages. Therefore, we investigated what laypersons understand by a fulfilled life.

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Frontiers

APRIL 18, 2023

The long hours, heavy workload, and responsibility of shaping young minds can take a toll on your mental and physical health. Both secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue have been repeatedly identified in the healthcare and mental health fields but have only recently been explored in the context of teaching.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 5, 2023

Children from food-insecure households lack key nutrients, which may cause mental health conditions that lead to poorer educational outcomes. And illness and educational outcomes affect a household’s future earning potential, leading them right back to food insecurity.

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JULY 20, 2022

Constant flooding in Australia is taking a toll on residents’ mental health. But the mental toll several consecutive flooding events takes on a person is evident. Sitting water from floods spread illnesses like cholera and dysentery. Australia’s Kakadu Flood Plains in February 2022. Photo © Miles Nicholls / Flickr.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2022

It indicates that reduced heat impacts, increased urban greening, reduced wildfire smoke inhalation, and increased food security can improve physical and mental health for adults and children, reduce a range of chronic illnesses, and promote improvements in life expectancy.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Researchers working in the area of parental mental illness and substance use disorders face a number of challenges conducting rigorous research and implementing change effectively. We know that mental health and/or substance use disorders convey challenges to adults as well as to their children and family members.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Visit the Physicians for Social Responsibility in Pennsylvania website to learn more about programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved. Related Articles: -- Group Against Smog & Pollution Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2021

15 Webinar: Making The Connection - The Link Between Pollution & Mental Illness [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 15 Webinar: Making The Connection - The Link Between Pollution & Mental Illness [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 25-26 [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council To Host Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

DOH, PDE and DCNR encourage Pennsylvanians to be safe when enjoying the outdoors and want to remind people of the benefits of recreating outdoors despite the risk of tick-borne illnesses.

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Frontiers

APRIL 5, 2023

Walking in the city might be just as good for our mood as walking in nature Time spent in urban environments is associated with depletion of cognitive resources and an increasing prevalence of mental illness. Few studies, however, have measured working memory capacity.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2022

DOH, PDE and DCNR leaders encourage Pennsylvanians to be safe when enjoying the outdoors and remind people of the benefits of recreating outdoors despite the risk of tick-borne illnesses.

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

On top of that are all the health problems associated with highways and cars, such as respiratory illnesses, injuries, obesity, sleep disturbance due to noise, and fatigue due to traffic and long commutes. Other highways displaced communities and caused gentrification and social isolation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 12, 2022

If they can’t get relief at night because nighttime temperatures are high, too, they’re at higher risk of persistent dehydration , heat-related illnesses, injuries, and death. Imagine a construction worker or a farmworker working day in and day out in triple-digit heat.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2022

This living memorial is an opportunity to foster healing to residents of Harrisburg who have lost their loved ones due to police violence, mental illness, suicide, or COVID-19,” said Carla Eissing, CBF Grassroots Manager in Pennsylvania. The partnership is coordinated by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2022

Greening local communities has been shown to have multiple human benefits, from savings on energy costs that hit the wallet via provision of shade to reduction of illnesses to reduction in crime.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2022

However, the current approach of treating climate extremes as one-off disasters instead of part of a bigger, dangerous trend is leaving communities, policymakers and emergency responders reactive and ill-prepared. The physical and mental toll on communities being repeatedly hit, and on first responders, is immense.

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Many of the papers explain dangerous illnesses to children, and I think such information is so important!” Topics included in the journal range from astronomy and space science to biodiversity, neuroscience, pollution prevention, and mental health. ABOUT FRONTIERS.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Studies show that shale gas operations raise the risk of respiratory illnesses like asthma, heart disease and heart attacks, birth defects and pre-term deliveries, mental health problems, and cancer. It’s essential that we give impacted residents the tools they need to make informed decisions about their family’s health.”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Call For Presenters - Joint Keystone Goldwater Conference & American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26 Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 29 Water Cooler Talk: Pennsylvania Flood Risk With Climate Change Citizen Science: Upper Delaware BioBlitz Identified More Than 700 Species Of Plants & Wildlife PA Resources Council To Host Dec.

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Frontiers

JUNE 24, 2022

Her two main research areas are health and animals (human and non-human), with a particular interest in how different species can contribute to each other’s physical, mental, and social wellbeing, especially in impoverished settings.

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Breezometer

JUNE 16, 2021

A multi-decade UK study recently reported higher rates of mental illness symptoms in young adults who’d been exposed to higher traffic-related pollutant levels during childhood and adolescence. We CAN Take Control of the Air We Breathe.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As people spend time outdoors during the fall months, the Wolf Administration is reminding residents to protect themselves against the dangers of mosquito and tick-borne illnesses. So far this year, Pennsylvania has reported 14 human West Nile virus cases including one death in Philadelphia County and one death in Franklin County.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

. -- Chemicals Released Into The Air: Please explain in as much detail as you can how the crime caused these physical impacts (such as, “my asthma was triggered each time the plant released chemicals into the air”).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Studies show that shale gas operations raise the risk of respiratory illnesses like asthma, heart disease and heart attacks, birth defects and preterm deliveries, mental health problems, and cancer. It’s essential that we give impacted residents the tools they need to make informed decisions about their family’s health.”

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Scientific American

JANUARY 15, 2024

A deep dive into one scholar’s correspondence shows society prefers blame and punishment over protecting children from sexual violence

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Physics World

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Warning: this article contains discussions of mental illness, depression and suicide. This article is the result of the powerlessness I have felt within the mental-health system. My mental illness did need to be treated with medication. This article, in contrast, was written by me, during my mental illness.

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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Researchers have a clearer picture than ever before of how common conditions that involve aggressive behavior emerge and how treatment can help

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Scientific American

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ten years after cannabis was first legalized for recreational use in adults, scientists are struggling to provide evidence-based recommendations about the risks to young people

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2023

Heat can be not only deadly, but also have significant impacts on one’s physical and mental health. Heat illnesses are insidious because the symptoms can creep up on you, and while you may feel like you can muscle through, particularly if you’re fit, coping with heat is not related to physical stamina.

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Scientific American

JUNE 5, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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