Sentences with phrase «cause lung and heart»

Oil refineries, coal plants, cement kilns and other heavy industries have for years fouled the air with toxic pollution, leaving residents who live nearby with a difficult choice: stay inside or venture out and risk becoming sick from breathing air that's full of pollutants that can cause lung and heart disease, cancer, brain damage — and even death.

Heartworms can cause lung and heart problems and can be life threatening to both cats and dogs, and are spread by mosquitos.

Spread by mosquitos, heartworms can cause lung and heart problems and can be life threatening to both canines and felines.

Many previous studies have shown how pollution adversely affects the cardiovascular system, causing lung and heart disease.

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«We don't have a specific list of conditions that would be disqualifying, but certainly uncontrolled medical problems (whether it's hypertension or heart disease or lung disease, or many other conditions), would most likely cause concern and result in disqualification,» Dr. Tarah Castleberry, an assistant professor of aerospace medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, told Reuters Health by email.

Dirty air, water, and working conditions are associated with some of the most prominent causes of death in the world, including heart disease, cancer, and lung disease.

Kathryn developed severe hydrops caused by TTTS, and developed heart and lung problems.

Lack of this hormone can cause inadequate growth, lung and heart function, and weakened immune system.

Babies who sleep in their parents» rooms but not in their beds have a 30 percent lower risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, also known as SIDS, the most common cause of infant death, than babies sleeping in a separate room from their parents, according to a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute report published in the June 2006 issue of «Canadian Medical Association Journal.»

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that occurs when the immune system attacks the body instead of defending it, causing inflammation that often results in serious damage to bones, joints and tendons, and can also affect internal organs like the heart, eyes and lungs.

The cause of death was lung and heart — related.

Burning coal releases fine particulates that kill 24,000 Americans annually and cause hundreds of thousands of cases of lung and heart problems.

«Sepsis is the leading cause of death in intensive care units in the United States, and patients with the diagnosis of sepsis have a minimum of a 30 percent chance of dying of their disease; if their vital organ systems — brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys — are affected, they have a 70 percent chance of dying.

Cardiac arrest — an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) and disrupts the flow of blood to the brain, lungs and other organs — is a leading cause of death.

The clots can be deadly if they travel to the lungs (pulmonary embolism), and are the third most common cardiovascular cause of death after heart attack and stroke.

Poor air quality causes health problems worldwide and is a factor in diseases such as asthma, heart disease and lung cancer.

Depression alone was the leading cause of disability in every region of the world except sub-Saharan Africa, and outranked the death and disability caused by anemia (a sign of malnutrition), heart disease, cancer, malaria and lung disease.

Mark Gladwin, a researcher in pulmonary medicine at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda, Maryland, says that the nitrite levels in the Tibetans» blood are similar to those NHLBI researchers are using to treat heart and liver injuries caused when blood is restored to oxygen - deprived tissues in experimental aniHeart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda, Maryland, says that the nitrite levels in the Tibetans» blood are similar to those NHLBI researchers are using to treat heart and liver injuries caused when blood is restored to oxygen - deprived tissues in experimental aniheart and liver injuries caused when blood is restored to oxygen - deprived tissues in experimental animals.

Findings from the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT) trial, have revealed that adding the medication known as spironolactone (Aldactone) to existing therapy did not significantly reduce the composite time to either death from cardiovascular causes, surviving a cardiac arrest, or hospitalization to manage heart failure in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction in a study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of HeHeart Failure with an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT) trial, have revealed that adding the medication known as spironolactone (Aldactone) to existing therapy did not significantly reduce the composite time to either death from cardiovascular causes, surviving a cardiac arrest, or hospitalization to manage heart failure in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction in a study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Heheart failure in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction in a study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Heheart failure and a preserved ejection fraction in a study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of HeHeart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.

Common causes of pulmonary hypertension include congestive heart failure, other heart diseases, birth defects of the heart, chronic lung disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and certain autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis.

The resulting immune reactions inflame the lungs and cause the blood to become more sticky, increasing the risk of clotting, and thus of both heart and lung disease.

Such pollution can cause lung and neurological diseases, and have been linked to heart attacks and some cancers.

Their symptoms, including chest pain, fluid in the lungs, and shortness of breath, resembled those of a classic heart infarction, caused by a clogged blood vessel.

Dr Sam Parnia, Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Director of Resuscitation Research at The State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA, and the study's lead author, explained: «Contrary to perception, death is not a specific moment but a potentially reversible process that occurs after any severe illness or accident causes the heart, lungs and brain to cease functioning.

Botulin can contaminate poorly preserved canned foods and cause botulism, a form of food poisoning which can kill by paralysing the heart and lungs.

The abnormal spinal curvature causes a wide range of problems, including inability to balance in a seated position, pain, and possibly long - term adverse effects on lung, heart, and gastrointestinal function.

Both pollutants can cause asthma attacks and heart and lung disease, and can lead to premature death.

The most common causes of deaths related to smoking among people in prison were lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease.

Sulfur dioxide is a major component of particulate pollution, can cause heart and lung problems, and forms acid rain.

Club - shaped fingers can be a warning sign for serious lung and heart conditions, but the cause of the disorder has remained a mystery for more than 2400 years.

Overproduction of prostaglandins could also be the cause of the clubbing associated with lung cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses, Bonthron says.

In cases of PVOD, the small veins in the lungs become blocked, increasing pressure in these blood vessels, and ultimately causing heart failure.

Sulfate, for instance, can trigger asthma attacks, while vanadium irritates lungs, and nitrate causes inflammation that may lead to heart attacks or strokes.

Lupus can cause disease of the skin, heart, lungs, kidneys, joints, and nervous system.

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Stroke can affect people of all ages and backgrounds, and is the fourth - leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States behind heart disease, chronic lung disease and cancer.

Wildfires are a source of an especially problematic type of air pollutant known as PM2.5 («particulate matter» less than 2.5 microns in diameter), which can become lodged in lungs and cause or exacerbate a wide array of health problems such as asthma and heart disease.

John Morrow, MD, Medicine, will receive $ 2,000,000 over five years from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for «Molecular Mechanisms of Arrhythmia Caused by High - Fat Diet.»

Once inhaled, the particles can cause lung, heart and other problems.

One of the most serious classifications of this disease is known as diffuse scleroderma wherein the «sclerosis» (hardening of the tissue) occurs in the internal systems of the body, causing damage and widespread scarring to the skin as well as to various internal organs such as the lungs, kidneys, heart and gastrointestinal organs.

«Those pollutants cause people to die early, because of heart attack, stroke, lung cancer, [and] chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,» West said.

This can cause the dramatic drop in blood pressure seen in septic shock, which can in turn damage the kidneys, lungs and heart and even cause death.

TSC is a genetic disorder that cause tumors to form in various organs, primarily the brain, eyes, heart, kidneys, skin and lungs.

The biological mechanisms by which toxins in tobacco smoke cause lung cancer are complex and still not completely understood, but carcinogens in tobacco smoke may not only act as genetic inducers but also act to promote progression of the disease.6 7 As well as potentially reducing the risk of cancer related morbidity and mortality, quitting smoking at diagnosis could reduce overall mortality, as smoking cessation reduces mortality from other diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive airways disease.8 9

This may seem like a no - brainer given that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer, throat cancer, pancreatic cancer, emphysema, heart disease, and more.

Blood coming into the heart from the lungs may back up and cause fluid to leak into the lungs, a condition known as pulmonary congestion.

The inflammation caused by lupus can harm everything from the kidneys, skin, joints, and blood cells, to the lungs, brain, and heart.

Further research showed that a bacterial toxin called endotoxin was circulating in the bloodstream following this meal, causing inflammation and injury in the heart and lungs.

RA is an autoimmune disease: The immune system attacks the joints and can cause heart, lung, and eye damage.

Not taking them greatly increases the chances of clotting in the stent, which can cause a thrombosis (a blood clot), and the likelihood that a clot will break loose and travel to the heart or lungs, Zambrano said.