Background Vitamin A, an essential micronutrient obtained through the diet, plays a crucial role in lung development and contributes to lung regeneration. We aimed to investigate its effect on adult ...

Participants Seventy-eight adults with obstructive airway disease comprised those with stable asthma (n=39), COPD (n=20) and bronchiectasis (n=19) and 20 healthy controls ... lower forced expiratory ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) For patients with advanced emphysema, lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) results in lower mortality and morbidity compared to endobronchial valve placement ...

The randomized NLST had shown that three rounds of annual screening with low-dose CT reduced lung cancer mortality by 20% among current and former smokers as compared with the same number of annual ...

LOS ANGELES—January 26, 2025—As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and ...

with air pollution an 'important factor', the World Health Organization’s cancer agency has said. Lung cancer in people who have never smoked cigarettes or tobacco is now estimated to be the ...

According to World Cancer Research Fund, there were nearly 2.4 million new cases of lung cancer in 2022, a majority of which were caused due to smoking. The World Health Organisation (WHO ...

Respiratory diseases are a challenging problem to treat. Inhalable medicines are a promising solution that depend on the ability to deliver tiny particles known as aerosols to the correct location in ...

Heart attacks are no longer just a concern for older adults. Research shows that heart ... future heart problems and improve long-term heart health. Avoid smoking and substance abuse: Smoking ...

However, for many people, these added years do not mean healthy years. More than 80% of adults do not meet the recommendations for physical activity from the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines.

involve methods that help manage both mental and physical health. Study finds adults with depression face higher risk of chronic illnesses. (Pexels) The mental disorder, marked by a persistent low ...