Right now, an estimated 130 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year. By 2040, that number will jump to 280 million metric tons—about a garbage ...

Smoking and hormonal changes related to pregnancy or menopause are major risk factors for hand and elbow tendinopathy. At the National General Medicine Days (Journées nationales de médecine générale ...

PITTSBURGH -- Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will not need surgery to repair a fracture to his left, non-throwing wrist, coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday. Tomlin did not rule the quarterback out for ...

A team of chemists has discovered how to transform PET plastic waste into BAETA, a material that captures CO2 with remarkable efficiency. Instead of ending up as microplastics in the environment, ...

In the plastic recycling industry, the casualties keep coming. Waste management company Biffa's Sunderland plant closed in February after opening in 2022 at a cost of £7m, while rival Viridor closed ...

The average cost of assisted living in the US is about $4,500 a month, or $54,000 annually, and the truth is, most people cannot afford to pay that too soon. Even if the money is not a problem, nobody ...

Do you suffer from sore wrists or develop poor posture when typing? If so, you’re not alone. Indeed, some experts have predicted that by the year 3000, humans will have evolved to have a text claw ...

Ms. Chaudhuri is a journalist in London and the author of the forthcoming book “Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic.” In 1957, 92 percent of American children were potty-trained by 18 ...

Talks to finalize the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, Switzerland collapsed in failure Friday as countries remained bitterly divided how to tackle the crisis. The summit, held at ...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the world’s most common neuropathy caused by nerve compression. It happens when the median nerve, which runs through your wrist, gets squeezed inside a narrow passage ...