SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — Snohomish County health officials are sounding the alarm as RSV cases in the county are on the rise. Health Officer James Lewis told KIRO 7 that the county has reached its threshold number of cases, and they are now recommending that people wear masks in healthcare settings. “Once we get to...
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Respiratory disease in early childhood linked to higher risk of death in adulthood
by Imperial College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Contracting a lower respiratory tract infection in early childhood is associated with a higher risk of dying from respiratory disease as an adult, according to new research. A study, led by researchers from Imperial College London and published in The Lancet, has found that children who had had...
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Analysis reveals rare respiratory disease PCD is more common than previously thought
by Indiana University School of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A large data analysis led by Indiana University School of Medicine Professor Benjamin Gaston, MD, shows a rare respiratory disease called primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is more common than previously thought. Recently published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, the analysis aimed to gage the global prevalence and genetic variance of...
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Vaping may increase respiratory disease risk by more than 40%, study finds
by Boston University School of Medicine A growing body of evidence points to the health risks of using e-cigarettes (or “vaping”). But because e-cigarettes are marketed as a less harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes, it has been difficult to tell whether the association between vaping and disease is just a matter of smokers switching to vaping...
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Heat now more lethal than cold for people with respiratory diseases in Spain
Barcelona, 20 May 2020. A new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, has analysed deaths linked to respiratory disease in Spain between 1980 and 2016. The study, which analysed data on more than 1.3 million deaths, found that the seasonality of temperature-attributable mortality from...
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Some 15,000 Spaniards may be unaware they are suffering from the rare bone disease hypophosphatasia
by University of Granada Scientists from the research group CIBERFES and the University of Granada (UGR) have implemented a protocol for effectively detecting hypophosphatasia and have discovered two new genetic mutations associated with this disease, which is often confused with other bone ailments. Extrapolating the data from their study, published in Scientific Reports, they estimate that between...