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Study reveals the ill effects of common air pollutants on pregnant women and their unborn children

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.

5 Aug 2022

Mild exposure to smog pollutants during pregnancy affects maternal and fetal health outcomes

5 Aug 2022

Carbon monoxide foam in the fight against inflammation

News-Medical speaks to Leo Otterbein about a novel way to deliver carbon monoxide to the body while bypassing its potentially hazardous effects.

2 Aug 2022

Study shows efficacy and safety of cytisine as a smoking cessation therapy

Research published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology shows cytisine may be a safe and effective smoking cessation therapy in lung cancer screening volunteers.

28 Jul 2022

Smoking cigarettes while wearing a mask may impair blood vessel function

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.

8 Jul 2022

Tobacco-cessation program must be expanded and extended to curb smoking among prisoners

More than half of all people incarcerated in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, a hidden health crisis that has long been under-researched and under-resourced.

5 Jul 2022

Researchers explore long-term pulmonary sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the pediatric population

Researchers described the long-term pulmonary sequelae of COVID-19 in the pediatric population.

5 Jul 2022

Lower diaphragmatic thickness found among long COVID patients with unspecific fatigue and dyspnea

Researchers defined the sonographic diaphragm phenotype of long coronavirus disease (COVID) patients with unspecific fatigue and dyspnea.

4 Jul 2022

Machine learning can be a successful tool to predict oral cancer risk

The Interactive Talk presentation, "Predicting Oral Cancer Risk using Machine Learning", will take place on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at 2 p.m. China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) during the "e-Oral Health Network I" session.

26 Jun 2022

The effect on newborns’ health from marijuana use during pregnancy

Researchers assessed the impact of marijuana use on neonatal outcomes.

10 Jun 2022

Hennepin Healthcare researchers test an innovative way to help people quit smoking

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute is testing an innovative way to help people quit smoking – by letting them bet on themselves and win real money.

27 May 2022

High air pollution may increase risk for life-threatening arrhythmias

Life-threatening arrhythmias are more common on days with highly polluted air, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

22 May 2022

How better ventilation can help ‘covid-proof’ your home

For two years, you beat the odds. You masked, kept your distance, got your shots.

18 May 2022

Uncovering a new molecule that shows potential as antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas made when fossil fuels burn incompletely. It's also a silent killer.

29 Apr 2022

The effects of severe COVID-19 on the lungs after one year

While short-term lung damage has been reported in patients hospitalized with pneumonia caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there is little data on the more chronic sequelae of this condition. A new research paper summarizes data from patients seen one year from discharge.

27 Mar 2022

Vapers, hookah smokers may expose the nose and sinuses to more emissions than cigarette smokers

People who smoke e-cigarette and hookah are more than twice as likely to exhale particles through their nose compared with people who smoke cigarettes, who favor exhaling the emissions from their mouth, a new study shows.

1 Mar 2022

How has telemedicine assisted COVID-19 patients?

In acknowledging the urgent need for managing outpatients, especially after hospital discharge, scientists have conducted a pilot telemonitoring program.

14 Feb 2022

Survey: One-quarter of Australian workers suffer from tinnitus

As many as half a million Australians are suffering from constant tinnitus, with farmers, automotive workers, transport drivers, construction workers and other trades people at the greatest risk, a national survey as part of Curtin-led research has found.

7 Feb 2022

Health burden from fish smoking possibly impacts millions of workers in coastal Africa

Millions of workers in coastal Africa—most of them women—spend their days preserving fish by smoking them in rudimentary, wood-fired mud ovens.

12 Jan 2022

Measuring airway inflammation when diagnosing and treating asthma patients

In this interview, Carol Stonham, the head of a Locality Based FeNO referral service, talks to NewsMed about measuring airway inflammation when diagnosing and treating asthma patients.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 21 Dec 2021