A robust study by the World Health Organisation, published this month, found high levels of stress and anxiety among 11- to 15-year-olds, especially related to school.
In declaring the state of emergency, Peru's environment ministry said tests in February and March found high levels of barium, lead, chrome and petroleum-related compounds at different points in the Pastaza valley.
A "60 Minutes" investigation in March found high levels of formaldehyde, a carcinogen, in the Chinese-made laminate flooring sold by Lumber Liquidators.
An August study found higher rates of sexual inactivity among millennials in the US, running against the grain of the "hookup culture" think-pieces that have tried to demonise the place where online dating and casual sex collide.
In our previous 6-month prospective study, we found higher urine KIM-1 concentrations in twenty chronic renal patients than in control subjects and a significant positive correlation between urine KIM-1 level and KIM-1 expression in tissue [ 8].
Slightly lower concentration of surfactants were found during these 2 months as compared with the results of July 2012 but these concentrations ranging from 0.35 to 0.77 mg/l and 0.33 to 0.62 mg/l, respectively, in September and November 2012 were still found higher than desirable limit of BIS.
In adolescents we found higher ED utilization in January and September, the same months associated with school return from vacation for a majority of children nationally.
At the end of December, a body found high on a remote mountain in Sichuan Province was identified as that of Charlie Fowler, 52, who with his partner, Christine Boskoff, 39, had been missing for more than a month.
A separate poll commissioned by a coalition of advocacy groups last November found even higher support for labeling -- 89 percent.
Solomon et al. (2006) also found high mold spore counts in October and November 2005 in New Orleans.
