Air Pollution
Peak expiratory flow varies among adolescents with exposure to particulate matter
WASHINGTON — Ambient particulate matter pollution at the 2.5 µm scale influenced peak expiratory flow among adolescents in Mobile, Alabama, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Q&A: Benefits of switching to zero-emission vehicles, ways to achieve health equity
With more public health benefits and fewer deaths as a result of switching to zero-emission passenger vehicles, the American Lung Association is calling on the EPA to set stronger emission rules, according to a press release.
Physicians encouraged to be proactive with patients with asthma during wildfire season
Wildfires such as the current blazes in Canada affecting air quality on the East Coast and in the Midwest are dangerous for patients with asthma and other respiratory diseases.
Q&A: Protecting patients with respiratory diseases during wildfire outbreak
People residing in the East Coast are currently experiencing poor air quality due to smoke and haze from hundreds of wildfires in Canada.
Wildfires have broad impact on respiratory and other health conditions
As hundreds of wildfires in Canada drive haze and smoke across the East Coast, patients and providers alike may worry about the effect on their health, including asthma and other illnesses.
Children with asthma who live near fast-food restaurants have lower lung function changes
WASHINGTON — Children with asthma who lived within 500 meters of a fast-food restaurant had smaller changes in lung function during an intervention, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Top in cardiology: AI models for heart failure; air pollution and hospitalization risk
Machine learning models were able to identify five distinct heart failure subtypes with predictive accuracy for 1-year mortality, according to a study published in Lancet Digital Health.
Weather patterns, air pollution influence risk for heart-related hospitalizations
Modeling data suggest that patterns of temperature, air pressure, precipitation and air pollution assessed over a decade are associated with hospitalizations related to HF, MI and ischemic stroke, researchers reported.
High levels of air pollution linked to ILD prevalence, acute exacerbations, death
WASHINGTON — Exposure to air pollutants at high levels contributed to interstitial lung disease incidence, acute exacerbations and death, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Oil, gas production air pollution impacts thousands of asthma cases, exacerbations
Air pollution from oil and gas production contributed to 7,500 excess deaths, 410,000 asthma attacks and 2,200 new cases of childhood asthma across the nation in 2016, according to a study published in Environmental Research: Health.