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The Lung Health Study [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 1995
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether smoking intervention and use of an inhaled bronchodilator can slow the rate of decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in smokers with mild obstructive pulmonary disease.
J Manfreda   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Association of lung health and cardiovascular health (Life’s Essential 8) [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine
BackgroundCardiorespiratory health issues often intersect. This study explored the relationship between lung health and the recently updated Cardiovascular Health Measure (Life’s Essential 8).MethodsData from the 2007–2018 National Health and Nutrition ...
Wanjia Zhang   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Impact of Earthquakes on Lung Health. [PDF]

open access: yesThorac Res Pract
Earthquakes are catastrophic natural disasters that cause extensive damage to infrastructure and disrupt the lives of millions worldwide. Beyond the immediate physical and psychological damage caused by earthquakes, these events can significantly impact respiratory health.
Güleç Balbay E   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Children’s charter for lung health [PDF]

open access: yesThorax, 2021
Every child and young person has the right to breathe clean air, with healthy lungs. Preconception, in utero and early life exposures, affect children’s lungs, their lung growth and their long-term health. Government, societal and individual action to address this is needed, including the provision and distribution of the necessary resources, both to ...
Nicholas S Hopkinson   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Nutrition and lung health [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1995
There is an increasing interest in the relationship between nutrition and lung health. Epidemiological studies suggest that dietary habits may have an influence on lung function and the tendency to common lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.
D K Menon, P J Bacon, J G Jones
openaire   +6 more sources

Castor Plant (Ricinus communis L.) Leaf Extract as Potential Antibacterial Against The Growth of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

open access: yesFolia Medica Indonesiana, 2022
Highlight : • Patients experiencing failure of first-line drug and developing multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has increased throughout 2011-2015.
Fikriaddin Syafiq Istaufa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions of long-term impact and change following a midwife-led biomass smoke education program for mothers in rural Uganda: a qualitative study

open access: yesRural and Remote Health, 2022
Introduction: Women and children in Uganda and other low- and middle-income countries are exposed to disproportionately high levels of household air pollution from biomass smoke generated by smoke-producing cookstoves, especially in rural areas.
Lucy Cartwright   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) on Tuberculosis (TB) Patients—A Systematic Review

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2022
Sustained TB infection overproduces reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a host defense mechanism. Research shows ROS is destructive to lung tissue. Glutathione (GSH) neutralizes ROS, although it is consumed.
Daniel Adon Mapamba   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A succession of pulmonary microbiota in broilers during the growth cycle

open access: yesPoultry Science, 2023
: Respiratory health problems in poultry production are frequent and knotty and thus attract the attention of farmers and researchers. The breakthrough of gene sequencing technology has revealed that healthy lungs harbor rich microbiota, whose succession
Dan Shen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immunomodulatory Role of Nutrients: How Can Pulmonary Dysfunctions Improve?

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2021
Nutrition is an important tool that can be used to modulate the immune response during infectious diseases. In addition, through diet, important substrates are acquired for the biosynthesis of regulatory molecules in the immune response, influencing the ...
Sarah Cristina Gozzi-Silva   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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