There is already robust evidence that people living with cardiovascular disease are disproportionately affected by poor air quality and extreme temperatures, in large part due to climate change, the ...

Manufactured home communities are often overlooked and neglected in conversations about environmental justice; changing this dynamic will improve public health. The prospect of improving health ...

The underlying causes of obesity can vary between people and typically involve a mix of both genetic and environmental factors. Obesity is a chronic health condition defined as the accumulation of ...

Health outcomes are profoundly influenced by the social, economic, political and environmental contexts in which people live. Factors such as income, educational attainment, housing quality, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ozone and particulate matter impact asthma and COPD. Physicians can consider environmental factors in ...

We must act on the social determinants of health (the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age) and place sustainability at the core of the NHS's future to ensure a healthy, ...

Discussions of social determinants of health might focus on the obvious ones—like income or education—while overlooking some other social determinants that impact health in complex ways. In recent ...

The September 2023 special issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology is devoted to the environmental determinants of cardiovascular health and disease, covering environmental influences, impacts on ...