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IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 5702: Awareness of Tobacco-Related Diseases among Adults in Poland: A 2022 Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey
This study showed an increase in public awareness of smoking-related diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. While awareness of lung cancer and COPD was very high, there are still significant gaps in the awareness of the non-respiratory effects of tobacco use.
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - May 7, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jakub Szyma ński Aurelia Ostrowska Jaros ław Pinkas Wojciech Giermaziak Edyta Krzych-Fa łta Mateusz Jankowski Tags: Article Source Type: research

Through COVID-19 pandemic, CT has shown high diagnostic accuracy
A study that includes a cohort of more than 10,000 patients has found that throughou...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Rural areas lack access to CT lung cancer screening CT shows that acute kidney injury common among COVID-19 patients CTA spots COVID-19 in stroke patients Chest CT clarifies negative COVID-19 lab results Use D-dimer, CTPA to gauge PE risk in COVID-19 patients
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 30, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Efficacy of smoking cessation with varenicline plus counselling for e-cigarettes users (VAREVAPE): A protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Abstract Tobacco smoking is a global pandemic that poses substantial health burdens and costs. With nearly six million deaths annually, smoking is the single most important cause of avoidable premature mortality in the world, mainly from lung cancer, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and stroke. Smoking is a very difficult addiction to break, even for those with a strong desire to quit. Electronic cigarettes are an attractive long-term alternative source of nicotine to conventional cigarettes because of their many similarities with smoking. Electronic cigarette users report buying them ...
Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - August 8, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Caponnetto P, Maglia M, Polosa R Tags: Contemp Clin Trials Commun Source Type: research

Environmental Pollution: An Under-recognized Threat to Children’s Health, Especially in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Conclusions Patterns of disease are changing rapidly in LMICs. Pollution-related chronic diseases are becoming more common. This shift presents a particular problem for children, who are proportionately more heavily exposed than are adults to environmental pollutants and for whom these exposures are especially dangerous. Better quantification of environmental exposures and stepped-up efforts to understand how to prevent exposures that cause disease are needed in LMICs and around the globe. To confront the global problem of disease caused by pollution, improved programs of public health monitoring and environmental protecti...
Source: EHP Research - March 1, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Brief Communication March 2016 Source Type: research