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Wildfires across the United States and Canada — fueled by record heat and dry conditions — could severely impact the health of millions of people. Smoke from wildfires in several Canadian provinces, including Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, led to air quality alerts throughout several states in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Plus, fires in Michigan and New Jersey have created dense fog and heavy smoke. Inhaling toxic smoke and ash from wildfires can cause damage to the body — including the lungs and heart — and even weaken our immune systems, experts say. “Wildfire smoke itself is quite a…

Whether it’s a morning cup of tea, a daily meditation, or a call to your closest friend, your daily habits impact your health and happiness. While Dr. Peter Attia, author of New York Times best seller Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, said there’s no “silver bullet” to increase one’s health span and life span, there are still a variety of longevity-linked habits that may work for you to stave off age-related diseases and early mortality. “People have so much more agency over this than they will ever believe if they don’t take the step to educate themselves on…

Continuity Planning? Thinking back to Monday 16th March 2020 I remember getting up early. I was due to visit one of our homes in Tewkesbury. I was just about to leave the house when an email landed from a senior Director telling us all to ‘Hold’ all visits and be ready for a conference call that morning. Yes, this was the start of the ‘Lock Down’. With the benefit of insight, how ready were we for what was about to happen next? Our management team had already undertaken various strategic planning exercises. On the 16thth March, a ”strategic executive team”…

WHO and international advocacy organization Global Citizen today signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on joint global advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting and protecting health for all people over the next three years. The main objectives of the collaboration will be to support global efforts to overcome the inequities that millions of people face in accessing health services and attaining the highest levels of physical and mental health, and addressing the health-related challenges posed by climate change. WHO, the United Nations’ specialized agency for health, and Global Citizen, the international advocacy organization working to end extreme poverty, signed the…

A study from Consumer Reports found that heavy metals can still be found in many baby food products. Products including rice, sweet potatoes and carrots can contain these ingredients. Experts say parents shouldn’t panic and can take steps to reduce the risk of children consuming foods with heavy metals.A concerning amount of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead can still be found in many baby foods including rice and rice products, sweet potatoes, and carrots, according to the latest testing from Consumer Reports. This report is a follow-up to 2018 testing that found 33 of the 50…

In a recent narrative review published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers explored how Vitamin K dietary supplementation could promote healthy aging. Study: Vitamin K and Hallmarks of Aging: Focus on Diet and Gut Microbiome. Image Credit: ratmaner/Shutterstock.com background Dietary vitamin K is a diet-microbiome-health axis modulator; thus, researchers are pursuing evidence of how it impacts the gut microbial composition and metabolic activities implicated with host health outcomes, especially in the older adults of the general population. People aged 60 years outnumbered children below five years in 2020, and this aged population will nearly double to 2.1 million, outnumbering young people…