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
Lupin inks pact to acquire two inhalation brands from Sunovion for USD 75 mn
The acquisition of these two brands will expand the company's inhalation product portfolio in the US and strengthen its presence in the respiratory therapy area while continuing to provide patients access to these important medicines, Lupin said in a statement. Brovana is indicated for long-term maintenance treatment of bronchoconstriction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - October 20, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Why Native Americans Are Dying Sooner
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that American life expectancy had taken a nosedive during the pandemic, with the biggest drop occurring among non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives. It was reassuring to see coverage of this terrible trend; but largely absent was the context and history underlying these disparities. The reasons why indigenous people were hit hardest by COVID-19 go beyond the fact that they also have very high rates of underlying comorbidities—like obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Instead the roots of health disparities among indigeno...
Source: TIME: Health - October 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Céline R. Gounder Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
Lung Volume Reduction Procedures Compared in Emphysema
Similar improvement in lung function, dyspnea, exercise capacity with lung volume reduction surgery, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 23, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Pulmonology, Surgery, Conference News, Source Type: news
Lung Volume Reduction Procedures Compared in Emphysema
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 -- For patients with emphysema, lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) lead to similar improvements in lung function, dyspnea, and exercise capacity, according to a study presented... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 23, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Less Invasive Emphysema Treatment Matches Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- BARCELONA -- Eligible emphysema patients had similar levels of improvement whether treated with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) or bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) with valve placement, a less-invasive option... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - September 10, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
