Passive smoking in children can result in respiratory problems, Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), ear infections, developmental delays, and future heart disease.
The pulmonary symptoms of participants with tobacco exposure and preserved spirometry (TEPS) at the start of the study persisted through more than five years of follow-up, the researchers found.
Hyderabad: To spread awareness on diagnosis and management of severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD), a respiratory disease that affects 10 lakh individuals annually in India, Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda organised a one-day, ‘Severe COPD Summit 2022’, on Sunday. Over 300 pulmonologists, trainees, senior faculty from India and other countries participated in the CME programme. Senior […]
Sydney: Researchers have identified two enzymes that play a role in increasing people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk of developing severe Covid-19. An inflammatory lung condition, COPD causes airway blockage and makes it difficult to breathe. It affects around 400 million people globally. Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology […]
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati in the US found that a one-unit increase in particulate matter 2.5 was associated with a 60 per cent higher chance of hospitalisation for Covid-19 patients.
Hyderabad: Cardiologists from Apollo Hospitals, led by Dr A Sreenivas Kumar, conducted a minimally invasive heart procedure on 83-year-old male Covid survivor, who had multiple health complications. Hailing from West Godavari, the patient has hypertension, mild coronary artery disease, COPD, severe degenerative aortic valve disease and also developed lung fibrosis after recovering from Covid. Due […]
