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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Oct-2025 20:11 ET (8-Oct-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)

1-Oct-2025

Barrow study: Ambient TCE exposure suggests link to Parkinson’s disease risk nationwide

Dignity Health Arizona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A pioneering study by researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center suggests a potential link between ambient trichloroethylene (TCE) and Parkinson’s disease nationwide.

Journal: Neurology

1-Oct-2025

India could bear biggest impact from chikungunya, new maps suggest

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

AI model (machine learning) helps researchers create most comprehensive maps of chikungunya infections to date

Data suggests more regions at risk of chikungunya transmission than previously thought

For India, between 5 and 12 million people could be at risk of chikungunya infections each year

Data to help public health professionals already working hard to manage outbreaks

Journal: BMJ Global Health
Funder: International Vaccine Institute, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

1-Oct-2025

Biochar shows promise for cleaning nitrate pollution from soil and water

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Excessive use of fertilizers has fueled global food production, but it has also left behind a serious problem: nitrate pollution in soil and water. High nitrate levels threaten drinking water safety, aquatic ecosystems, and public health. Now, a new review published in Biochar highlights how biochar, a carbon-rich material made by heating plant or waste biomass, could provide an effective, low-cost, and sustainable solution.

Journal: Biochar

1-Oct-2025

Wildfire smoke linked to declines in sperm quality

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from UW Medicine suggests that wildfire smoke exposure may reduce key measures of sperm quality in patients undergoing fertility treatments.

Journal: Fertility and Sterility

1-Oct-2025

Oncotarget Editor-in-Chief Wafik S. El-Deiry chairs 2025 WIN Symposium in collaboration with APM in Philadelphia

Impact Journals LLC
Business Announcement

BUFFALO, NY - October 1, 2025 – Oncotarget is proud to announce that its Editor-in-Chief, Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, will chair the WIN Symposium as the Oncology Track of the Advancing Precision Medicine (APM) Annual Conference held October 3–4, 2025, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

1-Oct-2025

Why exercise could actually save your heartbeats - not waste them

Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Forget the myth that exercise uses up your heartbeats. New Australian research shows fitter people use far fewer total heartbeats per day - potentially adding years to their lives.

Journal: JACC Advances
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council, National Heart Foundation of Australia

1-Oct-2025

Outdoor air exposure to chemical may raise risk of Parkinson’s disease

American Academy of Neurology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Long-term exposure to the industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) outdoors may be linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to a large nationwide study published in the October 1, 2025, issue of Neurology^®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.