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While the dangers of primary smoking are well-known, nearly half of the U.S. population remains at risk from the silent threat of secondhand smoke (SHS). Chronic exposure to SHS triggers a cascade of inflammation and vascular damage that can lead to irreversible conditions like COPD and emphysema. A recent study from Sturgis et al. (2025) has demonstrated a promising new therapeutic candidate: ...
A new structural target for drug development against COVID-19 has been unveiled today by Sibylla Biotech in collaboration with the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), the University of Trento and University of Perugia.The breakthrough drug discovery strategy pioneered by Sibylla in this study would not only promise to reduce the risk of drug resistance and harmful side effects, ...
An exciting feature of the system is that it has been found to be capable of detecting TB in the very early stages, when the disease is initially forming and the TB bacilli are lodged and multiplying in the upper respiratory tract, before they cause lung damage that can be detected in an x-ray or can get into the sputum. ...
Colds & Flu COVID-19 Pneumonia Bronchitis Sleep Apnea Sinus Infections Acid Reflux Automatically assuming that all breathing issues are asthma-related can result in worsening conditions that could damage your lungs. It can also increase your use of asthma medicine or quick-relief inhalers unnecessarily. ...
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When natural respiratory humidification decreases pulmonic infections and damage to lung tissue may ...
However, ENDS exposure, independent of nicotine, altered lung lipid homeostasis in alveolar macrophages and epithelial cells. ...
As far back as 2004, information began to suggest that it causes the lung disease, bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare but serious lung disease. It was appropriately named “Popcorn Workers Lungs” because the first cases appeared in popcorn makers’ facilities where the diacetyl can be heated and workers exposed day after day. ...