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UMB researcher explains why wildfire smoke could affect Baltimore after it clears Wildfire smoke has once again taken hold of Baltimore, but new research from the University of Maryland Baltimore shows impacts could last long after the skies clear and can come at *** steep cost. And joining us now to explain what this means…

SUSTAINED sleep deprivation disrupts multiple organ systems, requiring targeted clinical interventions to prevent chronic diseases. Clinical evidence indicates that sleep deprivation triggers acute neuroinflammation by activating microglial pathways and elevating circulating levels of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. These inflammatory responses increase blood-brain barrier permeability and damage hippocampal cell proliferation, leading to severe cognitive deficits…