Studies highlight air pollution risks

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Studies reveal that lung development in children living close to freeways is adversely affected, and long-term exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular disease and death among postmenopausal women. The revision of particulate matter standards and inclusion of local variation in air quality regulations are hence recommended to reduce the risk.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Risk factors, Environmental aspects, Control, Air pollution, Particles, Particulate matter, Air quality

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Gene studies, anti-TNF therapy take Lasker honors

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Robert G. Roeder of Rockefeller University won the 2003 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. The 2003 Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research was shared by Marc Feldman and Ravinder N. Maini, both of the Imperial College in London. Actor Christopher Reeve was given the Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service in Support of Medical Research and the Health Sciences.

Achievements and awards, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, Reeve, Christopher (Actor)

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Efforts needed to foster participation of Blacks in stroke studies

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The disproportionate occurrence of stroke in the African American community is examined, as the community is more likely to die of stroke and develop hypertension earlier in life with greater severity than Whites. Studies indicate that the disparity is caused by a variety of physiological, socioeconomic, and cultural factors.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Science & research, Research and Testing Services, Medical Research, Epilepsy & Muscle Disease R&D, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Research Programs, Research, Patient outcomes, Causes of, African Americans, Stroke (Disease), Stroke, Death of, Medicine, Experimental

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