New series offers practical actions health workers can take to help reach net zero Cutting nitrous oxide waste in hospitals, switching to reusable vaginal speculums for cervical screening, and prescribing tablets over intravenous drugs are just some of the tangible actions doctors can take to reduce the carbon footprint of ...
Over 200 health journals urge the World Health Organization to declare the deadly climate change and nature crisis as a global health emergency Over 200 health journals across the world have come together to simultaneously publish an editorial calling on world leaders and health professionals to recognise that climate change ...
Exclusive interview with WHO’s Maria Neira for The BMJ’s special climate issue Journal editors say our response to the climate emergency “requires courage, collaboration, and the wisdom to learn from others” London mayor Sadiq Khan’s efforts to expand the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) as part of a push ...
Cutting levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter might reduce demand in urban areas …And help free up resources in overstretched psychiatric services, suggest researchers Exposure to relatively high levels of air pollution is linked to increased use of community mental health services by people with dementia, finds a large ...
Uncertainties remain, but results add to evidence that air pollutants are risk factors for dementia Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is linked to a heightened risk of dementia, even at levels below current US, UK and European air quality standards, finds research published by The BMJ. More ...
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