Sentences with phrase «other lung and heart»

Radiographs can help eliminate other lung and heart diseases.

Not exact matches

(Smoking substantially increases a person's risk of getting a number of cancers, heart and lung diseases, and other ailments.)

«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.

«In other words, not another independent twin, but a twin that was dependent on her body system, such that Dominique's heart and lungs provided the nourishment.»

I have a brain, a heart, lungs and lots of other goodies, sorry no soul.

I would like to repeat, the brain is just like any other organ and just as capable of failing as a human heart, a kidney or a lung.

Just as the actual breastplate on a soldier protects his heart, lungs, and other vital organs, so the breastplate of righteousness, the practical holiness of a life lived in obedience to God, is what protects the heart of a Christian.

The lung delivers oxygen for all other parts of the body and the counter performance of the heart is that it delivers blood to the lung.

Put together by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Sports Medicine and a number of other organizations, these preparticipation physical evaluation (PPE) forms include a history form, physical examination form and clearance form to make sure kids don't have any heart or lung problems and aren't at risk for concussions or other problems before they play sports.

In other words, the training program for an endurance athlete actually needs to include training of the intestinal tract as well as the heart, lungs and muscles.

Other significant health benefits include improving the lungs, multiple benefits to the heart, great for weight loss, and works as an anti-ager.

Lung and heart diseases are the principal killers, but smoking contributes to a broad range of other maladies.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Where other people see bacon, biologist Luhan Yang sees lifesaving organs — hundreds and thousands of them, pig livers and pig kidneys and diabetes - curing pancreases, and possibly hearts and lungs, all growing inside droves of pampered swine.

Support for this study was provided by the Food Allergy Science Initiative (FASI); the Klarman Family Foundation; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and other sources.

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.

Brueckner's group looked for gene defects in two strains of mice with situs inversus, a mutation in which the heart, lungs, and other organs are inverted, like a mirror image.

More than 2,000 U.S. children are on an organ transplant waiting list for kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs and other organs, according to the federal Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

Wildfire smoke is similar to other sources of ambient air pollution; its particulate matter can be so small that it passes through the heart and lungs, disrupts fetal nutrition, and slows fetal growth.

And clinicians working with anorexics have reported that after a decade or two, those with partial or subthreshold forms of the disorder — who maintain a diet some have compared to calorie restriction — show a failure to thrive, with damage to hearts, lungs and other orgaAnd clinicians working with anorexics have reported that after a decade or two, those with partial or subthreshold forms of the disorder — who maintain a diet some have compared to calorie restriction — show a failure to thrive, with damage to hearts, lungs and other orgaand other organs.

Research has shown such particles can lodge in lungs, triggering asthma attacks, heart attacks and other respiratory and cardiovascular problems.

It is improved through exercise or physical activity and is proven to reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and other diseases while improving heart and lung function.

Although a few surgeons have performed closed - chest bypasses using a heart - lung machine, and others have performed open - heart surgery without a heart - lung machine, Boyd was the first to put the whole package together, using the Zeus system.

Other scientists involved in the study were Amy Dickson and Toyokazu Endo, also at Duke University, and Chinmoy Patra and Didier Stainier at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research.

The best results were seen in lung endothelial cells, but the particles also successfully delivered RNA to the kidneys and heart, among other organs.

Professor Mary Morrell, co-principal investigator of the study from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London, said: «Sleep apnoea can be hugely damaging to patients» quality of life and increase their risk of road accidents, heart disease and other conditHeart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London, said: «Sleep apnoea can be hugely damaging to patients» quality of life and increase their risk of road accidents, heart disease and other conditheart disease and other conditions.

In much of California, on the other hand, a witches» brew of pollutants cooked in the atmosphere can sear the delicate tissue lining the lungs and aggravate an astonishing array of other health problems, ranging from heart disease and lung cancer to dementia.

Cardiopulmonary bypass, or the «heart - lung machine,» is a technology that is instrumental in performing surgery for coronary heart disease and other heart conditions.

The biological explanation for the increased rate of heart attack is not clear, Whitlock said, adding that the finding is specific to prophylactic steroids — those given solely as prophylaxis during cardiac surgery requiring the heart - lung machine, and not for any other medical reason.

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.

Yet all the evidence shows that ultrasound can diagnose heart, lung, and other problems with much more accuracy than the 200 - year - old stethoscope.

Labs that will share $ 40 million over 4 years from NHGRI (and another $ 8 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), include: a $ 5.2 million a year center at the University of Washington, headed by Deborah Nickerson and others; a $ 2.8 million a year center at Yale University, led by Richard Lifton and others; and a joint center with $ 4 million per year led by David Valle at the Johns Hopkins University and Baylor's James Lupski.

The researchers — and may others at Penn and across the country — hope that this study will be the first step toward unearthing an entirely new pool of available organs — initially for kidneys, and down the line for hearts, lungs, and livers.

The embassy has been using Twitter to publish average hourly readings of particulate matter that's less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5): fine particles from combustion and industrial emissions that penetrate deeply into the lungs and are linked to heart disease and other health problems.

Exposure in humans can lead to heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and other health problems.

«Air pollution is so obviously bad for lungs, heart, and other organs that most of us have never considered its effects on the developing brain.

It connects and controls movements, the digestive system, heart, lungs and other organs.

Moreover, when the specialist listens to lung and heart sounds for signs of decreased function and observes the motions of the chest, throat and other relevant body parts, the inhalations and exhalations resemble frequent deep sighing breaths rather than the wheezes common in asthmatics.

Splitting his time between the Karolinska Institute and Kuban State Medical University in Krasnodar, Russia, Macchiarini says he is now also engineering tissues of the lung, heart, and other thoracic organs for transplantation.

The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, showed that the production of tar sands and other heavy oil — thick, highly viscous crude oil that is difficult to produce — are a major source of aerosols, a component of fine particle air pollution, which can affect regional weather patterns and increase the risk of lung and heart disease.

Over the past decade, scientists have linked soot and other tiny particles produced by combustion to heart attacks, asthma, and lung cancer, spurring a clampdown on fine particle pollution by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Unlike many flu viruses, this strain spreads beyond the lungs, infecting the heart, brain, and other organs.

The new Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute study directly builds on the MagnaSafe study, validating findings of the main MagnaSafe cohort of 1,500 patients, and expanding that group of patients to include those who need an MRI of their lungs, heart or other organs within the cHeart Institute study directly builds on the MagnaSafe study, validating findings of the main MagnaSafe cohort of 1,500 patients, and expanding that group of patients to include those who need an MRI of their lungs, heart or other organs within the cheart or other organs within the chest.

Anyone who uses e-cigarettes and continues to use those other products is unlikely to greatly lower their risk of heart attack, cancer, or chronic lung disease.

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

Other authors on the paper are Xiaosong Huang, Ying Wang, Wei Yan, Cory Smith, Zhaohui Ye, Jing Wang and Yongxing Gao, all of The Johns Hopkins University, and Laurel Mendelsohn of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implicatother long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implicatOther high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

Funding: NIH's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); and many other funding entities (see reference paper for the full list).

The 19 NIH institutes, centers and offices contributing to the contracts are: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Center for Research Resources, National Eye Institute, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Office of AIDS Research.

Neurons of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), which connect the heart, lung, gut, and other organs to the CNS, are also an important target for gene delivery, especially for the study of pain.

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