PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Die American Lung Association hat ihren jährlichen State of the Air-Bericht veröffentlicht und die Ergebnisse waren beeindruckend.
Laut dem um Mitternacht veröffentlichten Bericht leben fast 40 Prozent der Menschen in den Vereinigten Staaten mit ungesunder Luftverschmutzung.
Der Bericht gibt den US-Bezirken Noten für Tage mit hohem Ozongehalt und zwei Maße für die Partikelverschmutzung an.
Allegheny County schnitt mit der Note D für Ozon am schlechtesten in unserer Region ab.
„In den 25 Jahren, in denen die American
Paul Alexander, der im Alter von 78 Jahren starb, war im Alter von sechs Jahren an Polio gelähmt und zum Atmen auf die Maschine angewiesen. Dennoch gelang es ihm, ein Jurastudium zu absolvieren, ein Buch zu schreiben und im späten Leben eine Fangemeinde auf TikTok aufzubauen.
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The landscape of cancer treatment has changed significantly since Dr Ned Sharpless, former Director of the National Cancer Institute, completed his world-beating oncology training 20 years ago.
Astonishing medical advancements mean you’re a third less likely to die from the disease than you were 30 years a go. Since 1990, 3.8 million cancer deaths have been averted.
Many forms of cancers – such as lung, skin and breast – that used to be death sentences are now treatable.
Even those
Injecting drugs directly into the lungs to tackle life-threatening blood clots can halve the risk of death, a study has found.
Blood clots in the lungs, known as a pulmonary embolism, lead to about 25,000 deaths in the UK every year.
The condition is usually treated using blood thinners,
Hundreds of thousands of patients could have heart and
A North Carolina woman is channeling her grief over the death of her teen stepson to warn against the dangers of vaping.
Solomon Wynn, a native of Wilmington, North Carolina, died suddenly at 15 after a deadly build-up of fluid in his lungs which doctors believe was caused by his e-cigarette habit.
Prior to the rapid onset of breathing difficulties, Solomon was a fit and healthy teenager and football starlet who had dreams of playing professionally.
But earlier this year
Now that her lung cancer has progressed to stage 4, Dame Esther Rantzen has questioned whether asbestos in an old BBC building caused her illness.
The former That’s Life! presenter, 83, worked in the broadcaster’s Lime Grove studios for decades, which is one of the facilities were BBC staff were allegedly exposed to the deadly mineral.
Dame Esther was diagnosed with lung cancer in January. Her doctors reportedly determined that smoking was not a potential cause of her illness, but
Wrexham striker Paul Mullin has given an update to fans from his hospital bed after the prolific striker suffered a punctured lung against Manchester United. The Reds Dragons took on Erik ten Hag’s side at the Snapdragon Stadium in what was the third leg of their US pre-season tour.
With United naming a team that largely comprised of under-21 players, Wrexham ran out 3-1 winners, thanks to goals from Elliot Lee, Aaron Hayden and Sam Dalby, with 19-year-old Marc Jurado
