Breathing Dirty Air Raises Odds for Wide Range of Cancers
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research links air pollution to a variety of cancers, not just lung cancer.Long-term exposure to fine-particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) may also increase the risk of developin…
Learn MoreFine Particulate Matter Linked to Antibiotic Resistance Globally
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with clinical antibiotic resistance globally, according to a study published in the August issue of The Lancet Planetary Health.Zhenchao Zhou, Ph.D., from Zhejiang…
Learn More‘Walking Miracles’: Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Dennis Deer woke from surgery in utter disbelief that he was breathing normally.He’d been on supplemental oxygen for two years, and “I didn’t know what it was like not to have something on my face,” said Deer,…
Learn MorePolluted Air Linked to Dangerous Antibiotic Resistance
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Doctors who overprescribe antibiotics are often blamed for medication-resistant illnesses, but new research points to another potential culprit: air pollution.Controlling air pollution could reduce antibiotic …
Learn MoreLos CDC recomiendan una vacuna contra el VSR para todos los bebés
VIERNES, 4 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El jueves, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. recomendaron que todos los bebés menores de 8 meses reciban una nueva vacuna de anticuerpos para ayudar a proteger…
Learn MoreCDC Recommends RSV Shot for All Infants
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that all infants younger than 8 months be given a new antibody shot to help guard against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).The…
Learn MoreCDC Recommends RSV Shot for All Infants
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that all infants under the age of 8 months be given a new antibody shot to help guard against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)….
Learn MoreMillones de fumadores podrían tener una enfermedad pulmonar difícil de diagnosticar
MIÉRCOLES, 2 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Millones de fumadores estadounidenses podrían sufrir de una enfermedad pulmonar potencialmente grave, que técnicamente no es la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC), encuentra un nuevo estud…
Learn MoreStudy Explores Persons With Tobacco Exposure, Preserved Spirometry
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Persons with tobacco exposure and preserved spirometry (TEPS) with symptoms (symptomatic TEPS) do not have accelerated rates of decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) or chronic obstructive …
Learn More¿Podría el aire frío ayudar a aliviar un caso de crup? Sí, afirma un nuevo estudio
MARTES, 1 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hace años que los pediatras lo han sospechado, y ahora un nuevo estudio quizá pruebe que estaban en lo cierto: el aire frío de verdad puede ayudar a aliviar los síntomas de crup de un niño. El crup es un…
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