Air pollution has long been linked to heart and lung disease. But a large US study suggests it may also raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease—the most common form of dementia.

A University of Michigan study has taken a fine-grained, long-term look at residential-area air pollution and how it relates to deteriorating mobility—and hindered recovery—for older Americans. The ...

Everything from candles to gas stoves can create pollution inside homes. Here’s what health experts do to keep their homes healthy.

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. When George Thurston leaves his cottage in ...

Rust-orange shipping containers loom over Sade Hogue’s yard in Settegast, overshadowing dozens of northeast Houston homes soaked in some of Texas’ dirtiest air. The makeshift wall blocks her view of ...

Vitamin C may offer meaningful protection against one of the world's invisible but pervasive health threats – fine-particle air pollution. New research has found that the common antioxidant can ...

Air pollution contributes to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by exposing people to harmful substances, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide, and ozone. These ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Not including the monetary value of lives saved in air pollutant rules leaves out an important part of the story ...

Air pollution is part of the fast-moving urban life today; environmental factors are hardly avoidable. It is a hard fact that while the development of pollution causes is quite visible and ...