New study from GBD Collaboration highlights health trends throughout the country. The wide differences in the burden of disease at the state level are remarkable. Specific diseases and risk factors, such as drug use disorders, high BMI, poor diet, high fasting plasma glucose level, and alcohol use disorders are...
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Little sign of improvement in the prevalence of mental health problems globally since 1990
Global Burden of Disease 2016 Publications
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published its latest global estimates for the state of the world’s health. The #GBDstudy is the only annual, comprehensive, peer-reviewed assessment of global trends in health, providing information on disease, life and death. http://www.thelancet.com/gbd
Images from the 2nd Water & Health Congress in Antalya, Turkey
American Occupational Health Conference, April 23-26, 2017, Denver
102nd American Occupational Health Conference, and the annual meeting of American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, will be in Denver, Colorado between April 23-26, 2017. More information can be found at the following link: American Occupational Health Conference
Dr Serdar speaks at Hacettepe University Public Health Institute
Dr Serdar gave a talk at the Hacettepe University Public Health Institute, Ankara, Turkey on Thursday February 23, 2017. Her talk titled “Industrial Hygiene Applications, Research Projects in the US” was part of the “Work and Occupational Medicine Seminar Series” organized by the Hacettepe University Occupational Safety and Health...
The polluted brain: Evidence builds that dirty air causes Alzheimer’s, dementia
More studies are confirming the association between air pollution and cognitive decline. Below is a summary that has just been published in the Science magazine. The polluted brain Also, check out our recent publication that examines the association between urine biomarkers of PAHs (chemicals in particulate air pollution and...
2nd Water & Health Congress, Turkey
Dr Serdar will participate as a speaker at the 2nd International Water & Health Congress organized by the Turkish Ministry of Health Public Health Institution, Karadeniz Technical University, Istanbul University, and Erciyes University.
A promising short-term biomarker of DNA damage
Dr Serdar and colleagues recently published a paper titled "Short-term markers of DNA damage among roofers who work with hot asphalt" in the journal Environmental Health. Roofers are at increased risk for various malignancies and their occupational exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been considered as important...