Chronic alcohol use is a major cause of liver damage and death: Approximately 30,000 persons in the United States die annually from alcoholic liver diseases, such as cirrhosis. Among the negative impacts of excessive alcohol ...
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The pursuit of net zero health care risks targeting the poor and exacerbating existing unfair heath inequalities unless careful consideration is given to the re-allocation of health care resources. A group of global health ...
Aug 9, 2022
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Patients with lung cancer who attended a lung cancer screening event and who then participated in a personalized smoking cessation study achieved smoking abstinence rates of more than 30 percent, according to research presented ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Mild exposure to common smog pollutants such as inhalable airborne particles and carbon monoxide during pregnancy results in adverse maternal and fetal health outcomes, a new study of women in China finds. The research, published ...
Aug 5, 2022
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A growing number of studies associate increased mortality with exposures to specific constituents of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), while great heterogeneity exists between locations. In China, evidence linking PM2.5 constituents ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Smoking traditional or non-combustible cigarettes while wearing a surgical mask results in a two-fold rise in exhaled carbon monoxide and impaired blood vessel function compared to non-mask periods. That's the finding of ...
Jul 7, 2022
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Carbon monoxide is best known as a potentially deadly gas. However, in small doses it also has beneficial qualities: It has been shown to reduce inflammation and can help stimulate tissue regeneration.
Jun 29, 2022
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Higher exposure to air pollution is associated with higher functional brain connectivity among several brain regions in preadolescents, while exposure to traffic noise was not, according to a study led by ISGlobal. The findings ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Clear, measurable targets are needed to cut potent greenhouse gas emissions from inhaled anesthesia and minimize their impact on climate change, insist doctors in The BMJ.
Jun 8, 2022
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A review presented at this year's Euroanesthesia Congress will address the environmental impact of inhaled anesthetic agents and how we can and should manage without them—or at least massively reduce their use. The presentation ...
Jun 6, 2022
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