Air pollution speeds up aging of the lungs and increases chronic lung disease risk Date: July 8, 2019 Source: European Lung Foundation Summary: A study of more than 300,000 people has found that ...

Air pollution from factories and vehicles linked to worse outcomes for patients with lung disease Date: October 17, 2022 Source: University of Pittsburgh ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17, 2022 – People with a disease characterized by lung scarring that has no obvious cause are more likely to die if they live in areas with higher levels of air pollution ...

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 ...

“Rates of chronic lung disease in this country are going up and increasingly it is recognized that this disease occurs in nonsmokers,” said Kaufman. “We really need to understand what’s causing ...

Long-term exposure to typical amounts of urban air pollution increases the risk of dying from lung cancer and heart disease. This is the conclusion of a study published in this week's Journal of ...

In "Air Pollution and Interstitial Lung Disease: Defining Epigenomic Effects," Gillian C. Goobie, MD, and co-authors review research on the effects of air pollution on ILD and other respiratory ...

Air pollution may worsen conditions of a mysterious lung disease, Pitt study finds. The pollutant particle the scientists studied is too small to see, but it can get in your bloodstream and even ...

Since 2000, the last year the American Thoracic Society issued a statement on the effect of air pollution on lung diseases, a growing body of research reveals links between air pollutants and ...

While the connection between air pollution and lung disease could appear obvious, the link between breathing in toxins and suffering memory loss looks about as clear as a cloud of cigarette smoke.

The study, published today in JAMA Internal Medicine, is the first to link the chemical composition of fine particulate air pollution to worsened fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD) outcomes ...