Health
8 drug-free tips to fight spring allergies
Spring allergies can be brutal, and many—but by no means all—sufferers reach for synthetic medications to combat their symptoms.
Apr 10, 2023
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Pediatrics
1 in 4 teens exposed to secondhand E-cig vapors: report
(HealthDay)—One-quarter of U.S. middle and high school students say they've been exposed to potentially dangerous secondhand e-cigarette vapors, a federal government study shows.
Mar 20, 2017
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Health
Legislation to raise tobacco purchasing age doesn't go far enough
The American Heart Association issued the following statement regarding the Stopping Consumption of Tobacco by Teens (SCOTT Act), a bill to raise the minimum legal sales age for tobacco products to 21 nationwide, introduced ...
Apr 16, 2019
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Health
Researchers invent real time secondhand smoke sensor
Making headway against a major public health threat, Dartmouth College researchers have invented the first ever secondhand tobacco smoke sensor that records data in real time, a new study in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco ...
Mar 19, 2013
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Medical research
E-cigarettes stress lungs, impair protein function
E-cigarettes stress and inflame the lungs of rats, compromising important regulatory proteins through exposure, according to research recently published in the journal Redox Biology. The findings, made possible by a biomolecular ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Surgery
High-quality surgical videos lacking for vaporization of prostate
Few high-quality educational surgical videos are available for green-light laser vaporization of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia, according to a study published in the December issue of Translational Andrology ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Medical research
New method of resurfacing bone improves odds of successful grafts
(Medical Xpress)—Coating a bone graft with an inorganic compound found in bones and teeth may significantly increase the likelihood of a successful implant, according to Penn State researchers.
Sep 25, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drugmaker Glaxo shuts down plant over Legionnaires' bacteria
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline shut down a plant Tuesday that produces inhaled medications after discovering the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease, a potentially fatal form of pneumonia.
Aug 11, 2015
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Health
Wildfire smoke threatens health for miles around
(HealthDay)—Smoke from the wildfires raging in California poses a serious health risk—even to those far away from the blazes, an expert warns.
Oct 30, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NIH study sheds light on role of climate in influenza transmission
Two types of environmental conditions—cold-dry and humid-rainy—are associated with seasonal influenza epidemics, according to an epidemiological study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty ...
Mar 7, 2013
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