We introduce a new JAMA Insights series intended to inform clinicians about how climate change affects diagnoses, treatment, medical practice, and population health.Climate change is no longer only a future health threat. It is now possible to quantify morbidity and mortality from climate change.3,...
This editorial is intended to be a call to action for the medical community to acknowledge and address the health challenges posed by climate change. Citation: Corrente A, Pace MC, Fiore M. Climate change and human health: Last call to arms for us. World J Clin Cases 2024; 12(11): ...
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The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterized by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heat waves and floods.1These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, ...
Dr. Howard Bauchner, editor-in-chief of JAMA, said one of the strengths of the paper produced by Patz and his colleagues is that it sidesteps the ongoing argument over what is causing climate change. "Regardless of the debate about what's causing climate change, there is a greater acknowl...
University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA; 5Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA Abstract: Climate change is increasingly recognized for its impacts on human health, including how biotic and abiotic factors are driving shifts in infectious...
Our climate has significantly changed, exceeding what the world has experienced over the last 650,000 years, and has been cited as the most significant health threat of the twenty-first century. Climate change is impacting health in unprecedented ways. While everyone is vulnerable to the health ...
climate change;mental health;global warming;suicide;PTSD;depression 1. Introduction The widespread consequences of human-caused global warming are indisputable. While once considered a distant threat, the damage climate change has already wreaked on the planet has and will continue to transform vital as...
Yes, NPR, Wine Grapes Can and Have Endured Climate Change Miami Herald: ‘Rising temps, rising anxiety: Climate change creates emerging mental health challenge’ –‘Hispanic/Latino adults more likely to experience high levels of climate anxiety’ Women Find A Solution To ‘Climate Change’ Anx...
The advocates of immediate and far-reaching measures to address the threat of climate change allemphasize the importance of leadership. In an address to the UN General Assembly, SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon underlined that the `developed countries need to take a clear lead'.1 Al Gore, in his...