1-Hour Lung Protection Protocol Stops Viruses Cold
The simple act of breathing constantly exposes your lungs to all kinds of viruses, bacteria, particles of pollution, and other harmful foreign matter.
And that means this overlooked organ has evolved its own special immune system to protect itself.
Studies show that, like the rest of your body, your lungs operate two interactive protective systems — an adaptive and an innate immune system.
The innate immune system in your lungs is made up of armies of T cells, B cells, and NK cells, like leukocytes, phagocytes, and macrophages.
These cells, which are released by the alveoli and airway epithelial cells, identify foreign i...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - August 14, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Natural Cures Source Type: news
Mediastinal emphysema around the left carotid arteries from a toothbrush impalement injury - Ueshima M, Kono Y.
This report describes a case of a pediatric patient with a fever after an oral cavity injury caused by a toothbrush. On physical examination, no bleeds or injuries in his mouth were evident, but diagnostic imaging revealed wide mediastinal emphysema includ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Wood Smoke Continues to Make Women Sick in El Salvador
Cecilia Menjivar, a tortilla maker in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, takes a break from cooking corn in a pot that is one meter high and 50 centimeters in diameter, heated by a wood stove. Many women in urban and rural areas run these small businesses, aware of the damage to their health caused by the smoke, but the economic situation forces them to use firewood, which is much cheaper than liquefied gas. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala / IPSBy Edgardo AyalaSAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador , Jul 4 2023 (IPS) Using a few dry sticks as fuel, Margarita Ramos of El Salvador lit the fire in her wood stove and set about frying...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Edgardo Ayala Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Energy Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Gender Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categori Source Type: news
Endobronchial Valves: Sustained Improvement in Emphysema Endobronchial Valves: Sustained Improvement in Emphysema
Five-year results from the EMPROVE study showed sustained improvements in lung function with one-way endobronchial valves.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
'Leading cause of death': Warning signs of emphysema that could cause holes in your lungs
Increasing breathlessness is one of the red flag symptoms that could signal emphysema. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nonsmokers can get emphysema from air pollution, study finds
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/large/public/2019/9/papers/air-pollution/thumb875746.jpg?itok=cnf8YBmI" /><br /><p>Researchers hope that understanding the causes of debilitating lung disease may lead to better prevention and treatment.</p>
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Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - February 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Flavored Cannabis Marketing Is Criticized for Targeting Kids
NEW YORK — When New York’s first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd.
Outside the Manhattan shop, he displayed another purchase — a jar containing dried flowers of a cannabis strain called Banana Runtz, which some aficionados say has overtones of “fresh, fruity banana and sour candy.”
Inside the store run by the nonprofit Housing Works, shelves brimmed with vape cartridges suggesting flavors of pineapple, grapefruit and cereal...
Source: TIME: Health - January 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bobby Caina Calvan/AP Tags: Uncategorized Drugs healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
I quit smoking cigarettes three years ago but now I have emphysema... Will it get worse?
DR ELLIE CANNON: Today's reader is asking if their recently diagnosed case of emphysema could get worse even after they quit smoking three years ago. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dark-field chest x-ray picks up lung inflation signals
Dark-field chest x-ray could be useful for determining optimum mechanical ventilatio...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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New x-ray imaging technique emerges from the dark (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 20, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Airway Inflammation, Emphysema More Common in Marijuana Smokers
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 -- Marijuana smokers more often have airway inflammation and emphysema than nonsmokers and tobacco-only smokers, according to a study published online Nov. 15 in Radiology.
Luke Murtha, B.M.B.S., from Ottawa Hospital General... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Dark-field chest x-ray and conventional x-ray go head-to-head
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Dark-field chest x-ray measures up to CT for diagnosing emphysema (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 27, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
CT findings show marijuana's effects on lungs
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Marijuana smokers are MORE likely to develop lung disease than cigarette users, shock study finds
Researchers looked at roughly 150 adults from Ottawa around 50 years old who were either pot users, tobacco smokers or non-smokers. They found 75 per cent of marijuana users had emphysema. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Marijuana Smoking Increases Emphysema Risk, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Emphysema and airway inflammation were more common among marijuana smokers compared with tobacco-only smokers, according to a small retrospective case-control study.
In sex- and age-matched analyses, marijuana smokers -- most... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - November 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Smoking Marijuana Is More Likely To Cause Emphysema Than Cigarettes, Study Suggests
Marijuana use among young adults reached an all-time high in 2021. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ty Roush, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Science /science Breaking breaking-news Source Type: news
