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Quantifying COPD as a risk factor for cardiac disease in a primary prevention cohort
Conclusions In a large real-world population without CVD, people with physician-diagnosed COPD were 25% more likely to have a major CVD event, after adjustment for CVD risk and other factors. This rate is comparable to the rate in people with diabetes and calls for more aggressive CVD primary prevention in the COPD population.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - August 31, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Maclagan, L. C., Croxford, R., Chu, A., Sin, D. D., Udell, J. A., Lee, D. S., Austin, P. C., Gershon, A. S. Tags: COPD and smoking Original Articles: Tuberculosis and clinical trials Source Type: research

Scottish Firefighters Occupational Cancer and Disease Mortality Rates: 2000-2020
ConclusionsUK firefighters suffer significant excess mortality from cancer and other diseases when compared with the general population. Preventative health monitoring and presumptive legislation are urgently required to protect UK firefighters ’ health.
Source: Occupational Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Colchicine and the combination of rivaroxaban and aspirin in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 (ACT): an open-label, factorial, randomised, controlled trial
Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Oct 10:S2213-2600(22)00298-3. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00298-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: COVID-19 disease is accompanied by a dysregulated immune response and hypercoagulability. The Anti-Coronavirus Therapies (ACT) inpatient trial aimed to evaluate anti-inflammatory therapy with colchicine and antithrombotic therapy with the combination of rivaroxaban and aspirin for prevention of disease progression in patients hospitalised with COVID-19.METHODS: The ACT inpatient, open-label, 2 × 2 factorial, randomised, controlled trial was done at 62 clinical centres in 11 countries. Patient...
Source: Respiratory Care - October 13, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: John W Eikelboom Sanjit S Jolly Emilie P Belley-Cote Richard P Whitlock Sumathy Rangarajan Lizhen Xu Laura Heenan Shrikant I Bangdiwala Maria Luz Diaz Rafael Diaz Afzalhussein Yusufali Sanjib Kumar Sharma Wadea M Tarhuni Mohamed Hassany Alvaro Avezum Will Source Type: research

Forecasting the association of air quality and health outcomes in Ontario
Conclusions: Positive correlations between AQHI and health outcomes are found in this study which revealed that making the public aware of air pollution using AQHI may be helpful to reduce the impact of air pollution in people living with chronic diseases.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Liang, J., Ge, E., Zhu, J., Mcgihon, R., Terebessy, E., Su, Y., To, T. Tags: Occupational and environmental health Source Type: research