ALLMedicine™ Lead Toxicity Center

Mar 10th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Some debate exists as to exactly what constitutes a "heavy metal" and which elements should properly be classified as such. Some authors have based the definition on atomic weight; others, on a specific gravity of greater than ...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Some debate exists as to exactly what constitutes a "heavy metal" and which elements should properly be classified as such. Some authors have based the definition on atomic weight; others, on a specific gravity of greater than ...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Some debate exists as to exactly what constitutes a "heavy metal" and which elements should properly be classified as such. Some authors have based the definition on atomic weight; others, on a specific gravity of greater than ...

Feb 9th, 2023 - Air guns used for plinking are weapons with a short range and low velocity. Because of their low velocity, the ammunition usually enters the body without causing any immediate life-threatening complications. Lead toxicity is a potential side effec...

Jan 19th, 2023 - Lead can damage neuron synapses in the hippocampus and cause synaptic plasticity losses, and learning, memory, and intelligence impairments. Previous studies have focused on the functional and structural plasticity of hippocampal synapses; however...

Jun 22nd, 2016 - Blood lead concentrations have decreased dramatically in US children over the past 4 decades, but too many children still live in housing with deteriorated lead-based paint and are at risk for lead exposure with resulting lead-associated cognitive...

Mar 23rd, 2006 - This project studies the relationship between lead exposure and academic achievement in college students. Most studies of the neurobehavioral effects of lead have focused on performances at the low end of the distribution. There is evidence that l...

Mar 8th, 2022 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine. And this is lead I have always been darkly fascinated by lead. As ...

Jul 15th, 2021 - Lead levels in drinking water that are permissible by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be harmful to patients with kidney disease, a new study suggested. In about 600,000 people who started dialysis in the U.S. from 2005 to 2017, each...

May 21st, 2019 - How Much Should We Worry About Lead? Five years ago, the residents of Flint, Michigan, saw a startling change in their drinking water. It had turned brown, foul-smelling, and bad-tasting. Eventually we learned why. To save money, the city's water ...

Jul 17th, 2017 - I'm Dr Jessica Weiland, a toxicology fellow at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and a practicing physician. I am pleased to join you today as part of the CDC Expert Commentary Series on Medscape. Although taking a thorough envi...

Jul 17th, 2017 - I'm Dr Jessica Weiland, a toxicology fellow at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and a practicing physician. I am pleased to join you today as part of the CDC Expert Commentary Series on Medscape. Although taking a thorough envi...