ANCHORAGE – Smoke produced by several active wildfires has resulted in air quality advisories for many regions of the state in recent weeks, including Southeast, Southwest, Southcentral, Central and the Eastern Interior of Alaska. Alaskans should check for air quality advisories on the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Air Quality Advisories/Episodes web page (or sign […]
E-cigarette vaping with nicotine appears to hamper mucus clearance from the airways, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Electronic Cigarette Vapor with Nicotine Causes Airway Mucociliary Dysfunction Preferentially via TRPA1 Receptors,” a team of researchers from the University of Kansas, University […]
Image: In a Journal of Internal Medicine study that followed older adults with prediabetes for 12 years, most remained stable or reverted to normal blood sugar levels, and only one-third developed diabetes or died. CREDIT Ying Shang In a Journal of Internal Medicine study that followed older adults with prediabetes for 12 years, most remained stable or […]
Four hospitals across Alaska face up to $3.6 million in cuts as Congress holds hearing on DSH program (Anchorage, AK) – As hearings are held today on the Patient Access Protection Act (H.R. 3022) – a bill to delay cuts to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program – data from the Department of […]