UW-Madison study is first to link cadmium exposure to lower ability to see contrast
Cadmium exposure may increase the risk for problems with a key component of good vision, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Exposure to pet and pest allergens during infancy linked to reduced asthma risk
Children exposed to high indoor levels of pet or pest allergens during infancy have a lower risk of developing asthma by seven years of age, new research supported by the National Institutes of Health reveals.
Investigators are tracking America’s deadliest killer: Tobacco addiction
Mike Eheler didn’t want to die and leave his wife and four kids without him. Like most smokers, he became addicted as a kid. He had smoked for 23 years, his grandmother had died from lung cancer, and now he could feel the toll on his health — and on his ability to support his family in the way he’d dreamed. It was slipping away, one $7 pack of carcinogens at a time.