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Association between ambient air pollution and hospitalization for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in China: A multicity case-crossover study.
Abstract There is growing interest in the association between ambient air pollution and stroke, but few studies have investigated the association in developing countries. The primary objective of this study was to examine the association between levels of ambient air pollutants and hospital admission for stroke in China. A time-stratified case-crossover analysis was conducted between 2014 and 2015 in 14 large Chinese cities among 200,958 ischemic stroke and 41,746 hemorrhagic stroke hospitalizations. We used conditional logistic regression to estimate the percentage changes in stroke admissions in relation to inte...
Source: Environmental Pollution - June 24, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Liu H, Tian Y, Xu Y, Huang Z, Huang C, Hu Y, Zhang J Tags: Environ Pollut Source Type: research

Short-term effect of fine particular matter on daily hospitalizations for ischemic stroke: A time-series study in Yancheng, China.
CONCLUSION: Our study added to the evidence that short-term exposure to PM2.5 may induce IS, and the government should take action to address the air pollution issues and protect susceptible populations. PMID: 33120271 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety - October 22, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Hu W, Chen Y, Chen J Tags: Ecotoxicol Environ Saf Source Type: research

Ambient Ozone Pollution and Daily Mortality: A Nationwide Study in 272 Chinese Cities
Conclusions: Our findings provide robust evidence of higher nonaccidental and cardiovascular mortality in association with short-term exposure to ambient ozone in China. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1849 Received: 4 March 2017 Revised: 3 October 2017 Accepted: 20 October 2017 Published: 21 November 2017 Address correspondence to H. Kan, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, P.O. Box 249, 130 Dong-An Road, Shanghai 200032, China. Telephone: 86 (21) 5423 7908. Email: kanh@fudan.edu.cn and M. Zhou, National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chines...
Source: EHP Research - November 21, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research

Application and prospects of butylphthalide for the treatment of neurological diseases.
CONCLUSIONS: The varied pharmacological mechanisms of NBP involve many complex molecular mechanisms; however, there many unknown pharmacological effects await further study.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0. PMID: 31107716 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Chinese Medical Journal - May 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Chen XQ, Qiu K, Liu H, He Q, Bai JH, Lu W Tags: Chin Med J (Engl) Source Type: research

Application and prospects of butylphthalide for the treatment of neurologic diseases.
CONCLUSIONS: The varied pharmacologic mechanisms of NBP involve many complex molecular mechanisms; however, there many unknown pharmacologic effects await further study. PMID: 31205106 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chinese Medical Journal - June 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Chen XQ, Qiu K, Liu H, He Q, Bai JH, Lu W Tags: Chin Med J (Engl) Source Type: research

Associations between short-term exposure to ambient sulfur dioxide and increased cause-specific mortality in 272 Chinese cities.
CONCLUSIONS: This nationwide study demonstrated associations of daily SO2 concentrations with increased total and cardiorespiratory mortality, but the associations might not be independent from NO2. PMID: 29715611 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Environment International - April 28, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Wang L, Liu C, Meng X, Niu Y, Lin Z, Liu Y, Liu J, Qi J, You J, Tse LA, Chen J, Zhou M, Chen R, Yin P, Kan H Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research

Associations Between Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide and Daily Cause-specific Mortality: Evidence from 272 Chinese Cities
Conclusions: The present study provided robust epidemiologic evidence of associations between day-to-day NO2 and mortality from total natural causes and main cardiorespiratory diseases that might be independent of other criteria air pollutants.
Source: Epidemiology - June 1, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Environmental Epidemiology Source Type: research

Yet Another Health Problem Linked to Air Pollution: Eye Disease
It’s no secret that air pollution isn’t good for your health. In particular, exposure to the byproducts of burning the fuel that powers most of our motor vehicles has been linked to higher risk of lung cancer, respiratory infections, stroke and heart disease, as well as an increased risk of death from these conditions. A new study now adds another worrisome pollution-related risk: eye disease. Dr. Suh-Hang Hank Juo, from the center for myopia and eye disease at China Medical University in Taiwan, and his colleagues documented for the first time in a large population that exposure to two common air pollutants&md...
Source: TIME: Health - August 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized health macular degeneration Pollution Source Type: news

Association of short-term exposure to air pollution with recurrent ischemic cerebrovascular events in older adults
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2022 Jan 16;240:113925. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.113925. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe acute effects of ambient air pollution on recurrence of ischemic cerebrovascular events (ICEs) remains largely unknown. We therefore conducted a time-stratified case-crossover study of 43,896 patients who were 60 years or older and were admitted to hospital for recurrent ICEs including ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack in Guangzhou, China during 2016-2019. Based on each patient's home address and pollutant data from its neighboring air quality monitoring stations, we used an inverse distance wei...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - January 19, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ruijun Xu Qi Tian Wenfeng Lu Zhengyu Yang Yunshao Ye Yingxin Li Qiaoxuan Lin Yaqi Wang Zhaoyu Fan Tingting Liu Luxi Xu Xu Chen Chunxiang Shi Yun Zhou Yuewei Liu Source Type: research

A New Study Shows How Seriously Air Pollution Can Affect Your Heartbeat
For China’s 1.4 billion people, the simple act of breathing has long been something of a risk. Living in the ninth-dirtiest country in the world in terms of air quality, China’s residents lose an average of 2.6 years of life per capita due to atmospheric pollution alone. The greatest risk, of course, is pulmonary, with air pollution leading to shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, asthma episodes, and chest pain. But pollution affects the heart too; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that exposure to fine-particulate matter as well as to nitrogen oxides alone can lead to premature aging in bloo...
Source: TIME: Health - May 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything Environment healthscienceclimate Source Type: news