YJBM Science News 33: Surroundings, Access, and Health

This week’s episode of YBJM Science News discusses how our surroundings impact a variety of health outcomes. From air pollutants to sleep quality to pharmacy access and more, join Roxanna and Hanna as they discuss recent Yale-affiliated research in biology and medicine. Papers featured in this episode and associated links: “Early-Life Exposure to Air and Light Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer” – “Perinatal Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer” – New York Times article on Environmental Health Perspectives journal – “Reduced Deep and REM Sleep Could be Early Markers of Alzheimer’s” – “Lower slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep are associated with brain atrophy of AD-vulnerable regions” – The Atherosclerosis In the Community Study – “Groundbreaking Study Highlights Critical Gap in Global Mental Health Research” – “Psychiatric genetics in the diverse landscape of Latin American populations” – Latin American Genomics Consortium – “A New Metric to Identify – and Prevent – Pharmacy Deserts” – “Vulnerability Index Approach to Identify Pharmacy Deserts and Keystone Pharmacies” – “Timing of RSV Immunization Matters for Infant Protection” – “Estimated Effectiveness of Nirsevimab Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus” – Read more about YJBM at:

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YJBM Science News 33: Surroundings, Access, and Health is an episode from Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine by Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.

This episode is 34:00 long.

This episode was published on May 12, 2025.

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