A recent review, published in issue 11, 2024, of Current Medicinal Chemistry, sheds light on the potential benefits of melatonin supplementation in combating SARS-CoV-2. The paper “Sleep, Dietary Melatonin Supplementation, and COVID-19” explores the relationship between sleep, stress, and immunity, offering insights into using melatonin as a therapeutic agent (Gasmi et al., 2024). The paper’s […]
Semey Revisited: The legacy of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan
Nearly 30 years after the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, local people are still suffering the consequences of four decades of exposure to radiation. FRANCE 24’s reporters Sophie Guignon and Miyuki Droz Aramaki went to meet them (October 2018).
Environmental Radiation Exposure and Essential Hypertension in Semey, Kazakhstan
In November 2018, a study in collaboration with CONEM Kazakhstan Environmental Health and Safety Research Group was published in the journal Environmental Research (1). The study examined the association between environmental radiation exposure and essential hypertension in a series of investigated geographical districts adjacent to the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. The sample consisted […]