Climate Change and Health Impacts

Cross-sectional study of 571 Turkish adults examining relationships between Planetary Health Diet adherence, nutritional quality, and environmental footprints including carbon and water impacts.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of ambient air pollution's association with cardiovascular disease in low- and lower-middle-income countries, identifying positive associations with PM and NO2.

Retrospective cohort study linking ambient air pollutants to preeclampsia risk, identifying critical exposure windows and elevated vulnerability in assisted reproductive technology pregnancies.

Pharmacy students in Karachi show climate awareness but lack engagement in mitigation efforts. Curriculum integration could strengthen healthcare resilience.

Climate models show fire weather conditions driven by human warming already detectable in 39% of burnable areas, with dangerous extremes emerging at 2–3°C warming in multiple regions.

Study shows extreme droughts, floods, and wildfires could occur at 2°C warming, exceeding impacts projected for 3-4°C. New sector-focused assessment reveals risks hidden by standard climate models.

Climate migrants' awareness of land degradation in origin areas intensifies both acceptance and psychological distress, while poor understanding of urban dynamics undermines resilience.

The 4th global coral bleaching event shows 87% of reefs in continuous heat stress since 2018, marking a shift to near-annual bleaching that overwhelms coral recovery capacity.

Study shows Alberta's electricity demand increasingly sensitive to temperature extremes, with hot days rising since 1991 and demand peaks doubling in some cities over recent decades.

Framework for accelerating clean energy transitions in low-income and middle-income countries through health-centered priorities, targeted subsidies, and integrated service delivery.

Environmental stressors and air pollution linked to respiratory morbidity in older adults in Slovenia. Study of 4,870 emergency department visits examines associations with meteorological.

Elevated triglyceride-glucose-body mass index and C-reactive protein independently associate with isolated nocturnal hypertension, a cardiovascular risk phenotype with normal daytime readings.

Panel study quantifying climate change effects on physical inactivity across 156 countries, projecting 0.47–0.70 million excess deaths and $2.40–3.68 billion productivity losses by 2050.

Multisite evaluation of prehospital cold water immersion for heat stroke demonstrates rapid temperature reduction and improved neurologic outcomes with operational feasibility in urban EMS systems.

Examine climate change impacts on European brain health through risk management frameworks, addressing tropicalization threats, adaptive capacity, and evidence-based prevention strategies.

Explore how Italian parents experience and navigate climate change through their parenting roles, emotional responses, family routines, and the tension between personal agency and global helplessness.

Conceptual framework demonstrating how physical activity initiatives generate co-benefits for climate mitigation, adaptation, and population health through integrated systems-based approaches.

Review examines COPD burden in Sub-Saharan Africa and barriers to implementing long-term oxygen therapy, providing recommendations for policy and healthcare strategies.

Study comparing surgical waste in breast operations between hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, examining instrument utilization and supply costs across 100 patients.

Article explores Catholic Christian responses to climate change through papal encyclicals Laudato Si and Laudato Deum, examining moral justice teachings for nurses of faith.