Sentences with phrase «primary lung and heart»

Primary lung and heart tumors also happen and can be picked up with x-rays.

Not exact matches

In addition to primary support by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the current study is also supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Though scientists understand the primary jobs of blood's contents, they're learning that a variety of cells work together in complicated ways, says Donna DiMichele, deputy director of the Division of Blood Diseases and Resources at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health located outside Washington, D.C. Blood cells and even blood vessels respond to situations within the body by releasing a range of chemicals.

Primary funding for the study was received from the Spanish Ministry of Health, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and the Swedish Heart - Lung Foundation.

The risk of cardiovascular related illness and death is known to decrease after smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease, 40 reducing dramatically over the first three years, 41 but reducing the risk of developing lung cancer after smoking cessation generally takes longer.9 41 This review has found evidence that after lung cancer has been diagnosed, reductions in risk of developing a second primary or recurrence were associated with quitting within seven years, suggesting that, even at this stage, the prognostic outlook can be improved by smoking cessation.

Cortisol's primary job is to make sure that quick energy (i.e. blood sugar) is available to the muscles (including heart and lungs) when action is necessary.

Dr Martin Milner, professor of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary medicine at NUNM, supervises the clinic where patients can seek not only primary care, but diagnosis and treatment for heart and lung conditions.

The primary goals of treating congestive heart failure are to reduce this buildup of fluid and to increase the amount of blood being pumped by the heart to the lungs and the rest of the body.

According to veterinary cardiologists at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, the primary goals of treating congestive heart failure (caused by mitral insufficiency) are to reduce the buildup of fluid and to increase the amount of blood being pumped by the heart to the lungs and the rest of the body.

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is an inherited disorder characterized by recurrent infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract, reduced fertility in males and situs inversus, a transposition of internal organs resulting in a mirror image of the normal placement of the heart and lungs and sometimes other organs, in about 50 % of affected individuals (Kartagener syndrome).

Here we can see that the primary concern with shipping is air - pollution («US academic research which showed that pollution from the world's 90,000 cargo ships leads to 60,000 deaths a year in the US alone and costs up to $ 330bn per year in health costs from lung and heart diseases»).