EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Citizens in European Union countries may be able to sue their governments for financial compensation if illegal levels of air pollution damage their health, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday. The adviser’s opinion follows a string of rulings at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the EU in recent years, […]
“Favorable conditions”: Malaria surges in the Amazon as wildcat mining devours Indigenous land
FABIO ZUKER, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, by carving massive holes in the earth and disrupting local ecosystems, illegal gold miners in the Amazon create the perfect breeding conditions for the mosquito-transmitted disease…
“A war for life of our child”: Health crisis spills out of Ukraine conflict
ANNA KOPER and JENNIFER RIGBY, of Reuters, report on the spectre of a regional health catastrophe which could come on top of the huge toll in death and destruction due to the fighting in Ukraine…
Books: When Christians face mental health challenges
DARREN and JESSIE CRONSHAW read a book focused on the interaction between Christian spirituality and mental health challenges…
Health Insight: Cold showers are said to be good for you – here’s what the evidence shows
In an article first published on The Conversation, LINDSAY BOTTOMS, of the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, looks at whether there’s any health benefits to a cold shower…
Health Insight: Why 7,000 steps a day is the new 10,000 steps a day
In an article first published on The Conversation, LINDSAY BOTTOMS, a Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire, looks at what the latest research says about how many steps we should take each day…
Health Insight: Four ways that volunteering can be good for you
In an article first published on The Conversation, JENNIFER A JONES, a non-profit management scholar at the University of Florida, looks at the benefits of volunteering…
Barring women as leaders in church may be bad for their health, new US study finds
RNS Going to church is generally touted as good for the soul. But there is also evidence church attendance can be good for your health – unless, that is, you are a woman at a church that bars women from preaching or other leadership roles. PICTURE: Illustration by Christopher Ross/Pixabay/Creative Commons A new study published in the […]
Health Insight: We’re sleeping more in lockdowns, but the quality is worse
In an article first published on The Conversation, JAKKE TAMMINEN and REBECCA CROWLEY look at what sleep scientists are saying about changing sleep patterns during pandemic lockdowns and what the implications for people’s wellbeing are…
Climate change seen posing health risks for 12 million people in UK
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Rising temperatures pose a threat to the health of almost 12 million Britons, with the elderly and those with conditions such as diabetes and heart disease most at risk, a coalition of researchers and campaign groups said last week. Last year was Britain’s third-hottest on record, causing some 2,500 heat-related deaths – […]