Really Inconvenient Truths.

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

The population of the world is growing rapidly. Along with the vast numbers of poorly-fed people, this increases the risk of widespread epidemics. The melting of the Himalayan snows threatens the food supply of 1.6 billion people and may lead to mass migrations. “Climate disruption, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, toxification of the planet. […]

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Conditions: Biodiversity, Climate change, Environmental damage, Epidemic, Hunger (satiety), Immunosuppression

Miscellaneous: Biodiversity, Capitalism, Corporations, Ecosystem, Ehrlich (Dr. Paul R.), Endocrine disruptors, Greenhouse gas, Himalayas, Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior (MAHB), Population control, Stanford University

Green Tea and Climate Change.

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

Most of the world’s tea is grown in China where much of the land is in high-risk areas for climate change. The cycle of drought followed by monsoons has become a pattern over the past 40 years. The study took place in an evergreen broadleaf forest where the tea grown is of premium quality, and […]

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Conditions: Age-related bone disease, Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, Climate change, Inflammation, Metabolic syndrome, Neurodegenerative disease, Oxidative stress, Skin aging

Supplements: Antioxidants, Catechins, EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate)

Foods: Green tea (Camellia sinensis)

Miscellaneous: Catechins, China, Climate change, Income, Methylxanthine, Polyphenols

Global Change and Viral Diseases.

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Dr. Gary Pack

To read the author’s abstract of the article, click on the title of the article. Then, to read the full article, click on the full text icon. KEY WORDS: Arbovirus and arboviral, Arthropod, Biosphere, Bluetongue (BT), Emerging disease, Environmental change, Epidemic, Epizootic, Global change and warming, Infectious disease, Land use, Paradigm, Public health, Ruminants, Virus […]

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Conditions: Bluetongue disease, Climate change, Environmental damage, Epidemic, Epizootic, Infection, Viral infection, West Nile fever

Miscellaneous: Arbovirus

Diet Choice and Environmental Impact.

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Dr. Gary Pack

To read the author’s abstract of the article, click on the title of the article. Then, to read the full article, click on the full text icon. KEY WORDS: Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic disease, Climate change, Diet, Environmental impact, Food security, Global warming, Livestock industry, Meat production, Plant-based agriculture and diet, Public health. PMID: 22754580. […]

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Conditions: Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic diseases, Climate change, Environmental damage, Food insecurity, Global warming

Foods: Meat, Public heath

Miscellaneous: Diet, Meat production

Climate Change and Children’s Health in South Africa.

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Dr. Gary Pack

To read the author’s abstract of the article, click on the title of the article. Then, to read the full article, click on the full text icon. KEY WORDS: Asthma, Children’s health, Climate change, Diarrhea, Limpopo Province, South Africa, Malaria, Mortality, Rainfall, Respiratory infection, Temperature. PMID: 22690167. Summary #796.

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Conditions: Asthma, Climate change, Diarrhea, Malaria, Mortality, Rainfall, Respiratory infections, Temperature

Miscellaneous: South Africa

Climate Change and Mosquito Infection Vectors.

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Dr. Gary Pack

To read the author’s abstract of the article, click on the title of the article. Then, to read the full article, click on the full text icon. KEY WORDS: Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Anopheles culicifacies, Anopheles stephensi, Brackish water, Coast, Dengue, Disease transmission, Global climate change, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria, Mosquito, Rainfall, Sea […]

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Conditions: Climate change, Dengue fever, Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria, Rainfall, Sea level, Temperature

Miscellaneous: Aedes species (mosquitos), Anopheles culicifacies (mosquitoes), Anopheles stephensi (mosquitoes), Mosquito, Sri Lanka, Water

Solar Energy and Conservation.

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Dr. Gary Pack

To read the author’s abstract of the article, click on the title of the article. Then, to read the full article, click on the full text icon. KEY WORDS: Biodiversity, Climate change, Conservation, Development, Green energy economy, Greenhouse gas emissions, Mojave desert, Public land management, Renewable energy, Solar energy, Utility-scale renewable energy. PMID: 22685568. Summary […]

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Conditions: Biodiversity, Climate change

Miscellaneous: Green energy, Greenhouse gas, Renewable energy, Solar energy

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Really Inconvenient Truths.

Global Change and Viral Diseases.

Diet Choice and Environmental Impact.

Climate Change and Children’s Health in South Africa.

Climate Change and Mosquito Infection Vectors.

Solar Energy and Conservation.

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