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Up To Date | Air Pollution and Diabetes, Large Scale Microbiome Studies, and Why Driving Makes You Sleepy

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This week: New research exploring the link between air pollution and diabetes; the huge potential of doing large scale microbiome studies; and a look into why driving makes babies (and the rest of us) sleepy.

Links mentioned:

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/05/594078923/scott-pruitt-out-at-epa

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-pollution-diabetes/air-pollution-may-account-for-1-in-7-new-diabetes-cases-idUSKBN1JV25W

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05522-1

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00140139.2018.1482373

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