ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES

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Dec 23 2025SCIENCE

City Life and Your Genes: How Environment Shapes Your DNA

Life in the city is more than just tall buildings and busy streets. It's a mix of things in the air, water, and around us that can change how our genes work. This is what scientists call the Urban Exposome. It's not just about pollution. It's also about the social stuff, like how we live and interac

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Nov 22 2025HEALTH

Where You Live Matters: How Neighborhoods Affect Different Ethnic Groups

In the Netherlands, where someone lives can greatly influence their health. A recent study looked at over 13 million adults to see if different ethnic groups live in neighborhoods with different environmental conditions. The findings suggest that ethnic minority groups might be more exposed to unhea

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May 02 2025HEALTH

Understanding Hypertension Risk Through Environmental Factors

The concept of the exposome is quite interesting. It looks at how different environmental factors add up to affect a person's health. However, the current methods used to study this have some problems. These issues include multicollinearity, non-linearity, and confounding. These problems make it har

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Jan 16 2025HEALTH

The Rising Tide of Liver Cancer: A Global Perspective

Did you know that liver cancer, specifically hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is on the rise worldwide? This isn't just because of old risks like viruses and toxins. New factors like metabolic diseases and air pollution are also playing a big role. We need to tackle these issues differently if we wan

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