Sentences with phrase «lung conditions find»

The researchers found that Pseudomonas aeruginosa adapts while in the nasopharynx, and following this adaptation process travels to infect areas such as the lungs, which people with lung conditions find hard to prevent.

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Sadly, Jackson passed away when he was just 10 months old due to a chronic lung condition; Meghie founded the Jackson Chance Foundation in his honor.

Their findings, reported in Nature Communications, may shed light on human lung disease, in particular, the mechanism behind non-familial pulmonary hypertension in patients with conditions such as emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis.

Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital have found the cellular origin of the tissue scarring caused by organ damage associated with diabetes, lung disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, and other conditions.

The NOURISH study * — one of the largest clinical nutrition studies of its kind — found that older adults hospitalized for a heart or lung condition who received a complete and balanced nutrition Ensure ® supplement, which had 20 grams protein, and HMB, or beta - hydroxy - beta - methylbutyrate, an ingredient that supports muscle health, twice a day for 90 days post discharge saw improvements in hand grip strength.

Turmeric, the yellow - orange spice found in many curry dishes, has been used for centuries to treat common health problems, including lung conditions.

And Fonarow noted that in contrast to the Brazilian findings, a recent U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute study «found that coffee consumption was not associated with coronary artery [condition] in either men or women.»

Last month, we brought you the story about the expert witness who «appealed» a federal district court decision in which the judge found that his opinion on the plaintiff's «popcorn lung» medical condition was, essentially, hogwash.

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Situs inversus is a rare medical condition, found in approximately 1 out of 10,000 people, wherein the major visceral organs (heart, lungs, etc.) are reversed or mirrored from their normal positions.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

A RAND Corporation study found that people with depressive symptoms spend more days in bed than those with disabilities, arthritis, back problems, lung problems, or gastrointestinal disorders.5 Mental illness and mental health conditions are an important public health issue; if left untreated, they can devastate families, dismantle a career, end a marriage, or cause other serious difficulties.