Sentences with phrase «damage to the lungs in»

I think for the average asthmatic reducing the total load of toxins they are inhaling is prudent, and if we can reduce chlorine damage to the lungs in the shower even incrementally that it is worth the $ 40 bucks.

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HINDMAN, Ky. (AP)-- A Kentucky jury has awarded two former coal miners who filed a civil lawsuit claiming defective dust masks led to their debilitating black - lung disease $ 67.5 million in damages.

In Cooper's case, his lungs were seriously damaged when doctors induced a coma and put him into therapeutic hypothermia after the treadmill incident to minimize damage to his organs.

«We can't always find it, because it's hard to navigate something in the lung without doing damage to the patient.»

The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that the talc or cornstarch in baby powder can also be harmful to babies because they can breathe in the tiny particles in the powder, damaging their lungs.

They have been linked to hormonal changes, birth defects, reproductive abnormalities in baby boys, and damage to the lungs, liver and kidneys.

If high levels of triclosan are stored in your body, it can damage your liver, kidneys and lungs and possibly lead to heart problems and brain hemorrhages.

Ultrasound at diagnostic levels has been shown to produce lung damage and focal haemorrhage in a number of mammalian species.

It may stunt the physical and mental growth of your baby and can cause considerable damage to the developing lungs, brain, liver, nervous system, kidneys and red blood cells in your baby.

The chemicals in e-cigarette vapor may cause damage to the unborn child's brain and lungs.

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.

«We found that in young healthy mice the immune system overreacted to the influenza virus, which led to more inflammation, greater lung damage and increased mortality compared to healthy adults exposed to the virus,» says lead author Bria Coates, MD, Critical Care physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Results of a new study find sleep deprivation causes the damage to cells, especially in the liver, lung, and small intestine.

She found that kids in Fresno were more likely to develop asthma not due to lung damage, but because changes on the surfaces of just two genes — and likely more — altered the way their lungs worked.

Although further research is needed to improve our understanding of how MSCs repair this damage, these findings suggest a promising role for MSC therapy in treating patients with chronic lung disease.

Emissions from e-cigarette aerosols and flavorings damage lung cells by creating harmful free radicals and inflammation in lung tissue, according to the UR study published in the journal PLOS ONE.

As well as reducing inflammation in the lung, MSC therapy also resulted in significant improvements in lung structure, suggesting that this form of treatment has the potential to repair the damaged lung.

«These lung breakdown products have never been identified in TB before, and have the potential to be used as new markers to identify patients with TB and monitor the effect of new treatments on lung damage.

Over time, bacteria in the lungs can become resistant to antibiotics making it increasingly difficult to treat lung infections and leading to irreversible damage to the lungs.

Once influenza spreads deep into the lungs, the body's own immune response can prove harmful, resulting in severe damage to the alveolar air sacs.

But, he notes, «with all infections, part of the concern is that the inflammatory response can become too exuberant, which leads to tissue damage, as in septic shock,» and lung failure.

Although some experts say it takes longer than the short duration of the Olympics to build up irreversible lung and cardiovascular damage, others think that any extreme exertion in really bad conditions will cause irreparable harm.

Their approach is to combine the study of cells isolated from TB - infected patients with micro-engineering in 3D in the laboratory to investigate how TB damages the lungs.

But the other report, published by the Ministry of Defence in March, did acknowledge that troops could have inhaled DU dust in the Gulf and that this «could theoretically lead to damage to lung tissue and subsequently to a raised probability of lung cancer some years later».

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the process of manufacturing glass not only contributes its share of greenhouse gas emissions but also generates nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and tiny particulates that can damage lung tissue when breathed in.

This leads to recurrent life - threatening lung infections, which result in lung damage that causes 90 % of deaths in people with cystic fibrosis.

Curious to find a way to detect early lung damage in people exposed to noxious air pollutants, Ilina, a high school senior at Port Huron Northern High School in Michigan, developed a screening mechanism using an electronic stethoscope.

By injecting short nucleic acids into rats, researchers have blocked an enzyme linked to swelling and tissue damage in the lungs.

Warning: Smoking permanently damages genes Heavy smoking may trigger long - lasting changes in gene activity, possibly explaining the persistently higher risk of lung cancer and disease in those who kick the habit, according to a new study.

Although these trees produce oxygen, they also release compounds that can react in the air to create lung - damaging ozone.

The work, appearing online Nov. 17 in the journal Nature, provides a possible explanation for how one type of DNA damage may lead to cancer, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and lung disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

In work published in The EMBO Journal, the researchers reveal that the delivery of mitochondria to human lung cells can rejuvenate damaged cellIn work published in The EMBO Journal, the researchers reveal that the delivery of mitochondria to human lung cells can rejuvenate damaged cellin The EMBO Journal, the researchers reveal that the delivery of mitochondria to human lung cells can rejuvenate damaged cells.

If this type of therapy proves safe in humans, a syringe full of oxygen microbubbles could help avert brain damage and death for the victims of cardiac arrest, asthma attacks, strokes, and injuries to the lungs, airway, or face.

«The introduction of mitochondria into damaged cells has beneficial effects on the health of cells and, in the long term, we believe that mesenchymal stem cells could even be engineered to create more effective therapies for lung disease in humans.»

The stem cells that proliferate the most in response to damage caused by cigarette smoke repair their DNA using a process prone to errors, setting the stage for lung cancer, according to a study publishing January 26, 2017 in the open - access journal PLOS Biology by Marie - Liesse Asselin - Labat and her team of the Walter and Eliza hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia.

To explore these issues, the authors isolated both types of cells from the lungs of heavy smokers and compared the activity of their genes, their rates of cell division, and their ability to repair their DNA in response to damagTo explore these issues, the authors isolated both types of cells from the lungs of heavy smokers and compared the activity of their genes, their rates of cell division, and their ability to repair their DNA in response to damagto repair their DNA in response to damagto damage.

Our investigations on human cell lines in the laboratory have shown that synthetic cannabinoids, in the high concentrations found in cells in the oral cavity or in the lungs, for example, are likely to trigger damage to the DNA that may have significant consequences for the consumers of such substances.

«The long - term risk of heart attack was insignificant, but risk of blood clots in the lung remained for years after surgery to replace a hip or knee damaged by osteoarthritis.»

To measure the differences in immune system function between the two groups of older mice, the researchers examined the lungs to assess damage, counted the number of bacteria in the lungs, and calculated the number of the white blood cells (neutrophilsTo measure the differences in immune system function between the two groups of older mice, the researchers examined the lungs to assess damage, counted the number of bacteria in the lungs, and calculated the number of the white blood cells (neutrophilsto assess damage, counted the number of bacteria in the lungs, and calculated the number of the white blood cells (neutrophils).

Induced pluripotent stem cells are a type of pluripotent stem cell that can be generated directly from adult cells; they have the ability to be differentiated into a variety of tissue types and, in this case, MSCs that can regenerate damaged lung tissue.

THS has been shown, in mice, to damage the liver and lungs, complicate wound - healing and cause hyperactivity.

THS has been shown, in mice, to cause type 2 diabetes, hyperactivity, liver and lung damage, and wound - healing complications.

This resulted in less self - digestion and damage to the intestine, heart and lungs.

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.

Paraquat was originally restricted because it can cause lung damage when workers are exposed to high levels of it in the air, but scientists studying it also noted that it has a strong structural resemblance to MPP +.

August 23, 2013 Study adds lung damage to harmful effects of arsenic A new study confirms that exposure to low to moderate amounts of arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function.

Although your lungs possess their own population of healing adult stem cells, there are simply not enough cells present to keep up with the degree of ongoing lung tissue damage which occurs in COPD.

This novel approach utilizes adult stem and regenerative cells from your body fat which aim to repair the damaged tissue in your lungs while reducing inflammation and restoring the flow of oxygen - rich blood to these vital organs.

Once isolated, these powerful healing cells can be put to work to provide cellular level repair of damage found in your lungs as a result of COPD.

Prolonged exposure to silica dust can pose severe health risks to both animals and humans causing irritation and in some cases, permanent damage of the mucous membranes of the lungs and upper respiratory tract as well as leading to silicosis and lung cancer.