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Dirty Air Increasingly Affects Minority Communities
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 6, 2024
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Air pollution harms the health of everyone exposed to it, but a new study says communities of color are disproportionately harmed by dirty air.
Smog causes nearly 8 times higher childhood asthma rates and 1.3 times higher risk of premature death among minority communitie...
Smoking Tobacco Plus Weed Greatly Raises Odds for Emphysema
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 28, 2023
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Folks who smoke weed along with cigarettes are doing serious damage to their lungs, a new study warns.
People who do both are 12 times more likely to develop emphysema than nonsmokers, due to the damage they're doing to the lung's air sacs, researchers report.
“T...
Smoking Weed Could Be Tougher on Your Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2022
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While marijuana legalization in some U.S. states and Canada may send a message that weed is harmless, that's not necessarily so, according to a new study that found lung damage was more common in marijuana smokers than tobacco users.
Research into marijuana's impact on t...
Common Lung Function Test Often Misses Emphysema in Black Patients
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 20, 2022
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The most common test of lung function, spirometry, probably is not detecting signs of emphysema in some people with the lung ailment, a new study says.
In particular, Black men are at greater risk of suffering from undiagnosed
Why Emphysema May Often Be Missed in Black Men
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- May 16, 2022
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Emphysema is missed more often in Black Americans than in white Americans, and now researchers report they have figured out why.
The investigators found that many Black men who were considered to have normal results after race-specific interpretations of a common lung fu...
Pesticides at Work Could Raise Odds for COPD Lung Disease
- Robert Preidt
- January 31, 2022
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Workplace exposure to pesticides may boost a person's risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study finds.
COPD is a group of lung diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing problems. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two main types of ...
Many Psychiatric Patients Are Getting Risky Drug Gabapentin 'Off-Label'
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- November 22, 2021
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Most prescriptions for the medication gabapentin are for unapproved uses -- and many patients end up taking it along with drugs that create potentially dangerous interactions.
That's the conclusion of a new study that looked at "off-label" use of gabapentin. In the Unite...
Two-Fifths of Americans With COPD Live Far From Lung Rehab
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- May 19, 2021
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Pulmonary rehab can improve the quality of life for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but as many as 40% of U.S. seniors with COPD lack access to these programs, largely because there are none nearby.
COPD is an umbrella term for chronic lung dise...
Wood-Fired Cooking a Cause of Lung Illness in Developing World
- November 26, 2020
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People who cook with wood instead of other fuels may be at risk of lung damage because of the pollutants and bacterial toxins they're breathing, a small study suggests.
Researchers studied the impact of cookstove pollutants on 23 people in Thanjavur, India, who use lique...
More Evidence That Vaping Ups Lung Disease Risk
- Robert Preidt
- November 14, 2020
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Vaping significantly increases the risk of lung disease, according to a new study that adds to growing evidence that e-cigarettes are dangerous.
Researchers from Boston University analyzed data gathered from more than 21,600 U.S. adults between 2013 and 2018 and found th...
Pulmonary Rehab Can Help People With COPD, So Why Do So Few Get It?
- Rasna Kaur Neelam
- May 18, 2020
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Roughly 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but only a fraction have access to a lifesaving treatment called pulmonary rehabilitation.
COPD is a family of diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, that make breathing di...
Coronavirus Fears Have People With Asthma, Emphysema Avoiding the ER
- Amy Norton
- April 21, 2020
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Doctors are increasingly worried that people are mistaking stay-at-home orders to mean they should avoid emergency medical care -- including for serious lung diseases.
People with chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and moderate to severe asthma, are among tho...
In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk
- Robert Preidt
- April 8, 2020
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Nonsmokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a greater risk for lung cancer, a new study indicates.
In fact, their risk is similar to that of smokers without chronic lung disease, researchers found.
COPD includes respiratory conditions ...
Lung Cancer Screening Can Detect Other Smoking Ills
- Robert Preidt
- September 12, 2019
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CT lung cancer screening can detect other serious smoking-related conditions, such as heart disease, osteoporosis and emphysema, researchers say.
Medical experts consider lung cancer screening an effective way to detect malignant tumors at earlier, more treatable sta...
Heavy Smog as Bad as Pack-a-Day Smoking for Lungs
- Serena Gordon
- August 13, 2019
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Living in a more polluted area of the United States may be as damaging to your lungs as a pack-a-day cigarette habit, according to a new long-term study.
Ozone air pollution -- the type that's increasing due to climate change -- leads to more emphysema-like changes ...
Fitness in Middle Age Cuts Men's Odds for COPD Later
- Robert Preidt
- June 19, 2019
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Having good heart-lung fitness in middle age could lower men's long-term risk of developing and dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study finds.
COPD includes respiratory conditions that narrow the airways, such as emphysema and bronchitis....