Vape-Free Schools Initiative aims to educate about the need to address youth vaping in Alaska schools ANCHORAGE, AK (August 5, 2021) –Currently, nearly 1 in 5 teens are vaping and close to 1 in 4 teens are using at least one tobacco product – becoming the next generation addicted to tobacco. In Alaska, our high […]
The American Lung Association highlights screening during Lung Cancer Awareness Month ANCHORAGE (October 31, 2019) – Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of men and women in the U.S., but there is hope against this deadly disease thanks to early detection screening that can save thousands. According to the Lung Association, if the 8 million Americans […]
Air pollution — especially ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change — accelerates the progression of emphysema of the lung, according to a new study led by the University of Washington, Columbia University and the University at Buffalo. While previous studies have shown a clear connection of air pollutants with some heart and lung […]
ANCHORAGE – According to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lung cancer death rates in the U.S. have decreased 11.5 percent since 2013. For World Lung Cancer Day on August 1, the American Lung Association in Hawaii is highlighting recent lung cancer advancements that save more lives. “Even with the decrease […]
Significant amounts of toxic metals, including lead, leak from some e-cigarette heating coils and are present in the aerosols inhaled by users, according to a study from scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In the study, published online in Environmental Health Perspectives on February 21, the scientists examined e-cigarette devices owned by a sample of […]
TAU study says nearly 10 percent of smokers hospitalized for pneumonia are diagnosed with lung cancer within one year Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in the United States, with a five-year survival rate of just 17 percent. Smoking causes approximately 85 percent of all lung cancer cases, only 15 percent of […]
(PHILADELPHIA) – Heavy drinking damages the body in many ways. In addition to liver failure, alcoholics are at a much greater risk of developing pneumonia and life threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), for which there is no treatment. Researchers suspect that alcoholics are more susceptible to these lung diseases because the immune system in […]
Tel Aviv — Lung cancer causes more deaths in the U.S. than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast, and pancreatic). The reason for the striking mortality rate is simple: poor detection. Lung cancer attacks without leaving any fingerprints, quietly afflicting its victims and metastasizing uncontrollably — to the point of no return. […]