Research Researchers Draw More Links between Vaping, Smoking, Young People, and Coronavirus By Leslie Orr, Susanne Pallo Sep. 9, 2020 Vapers, smokers, and non-smokers with chronic conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes are all at higher risk for contracting COVID-19. The scientific explanation behind this is complex and ...
Research URMC Researchers Receive New Support to Study Effects of COVID-19 on Children and Adult Lungs By Scott Hesel Sep. 9, 2020 The LungMAP and HuBMAP programs will utilize their innovative approach of studying human - rather than animal - lung tissues to examine why COVID has potentially different effects on children versus ...
Research Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy Has No Effect on Reducing Asthma in Children By Scott Hesel Feb. 13, 2020 A new study finds that giving mothers vitamin D during pregnancy doesn’t prevent asthma or recurrent wheezing in young children.
Patient Care 3-Year-Old Asks Santa: ‘Can You Bring My Mommy a New Heart?’ By Leslie White Dec. 20, 2019 At a holiday festival in Utica, N.Y., little Sophie McLaughlin climbed onto Santa’s lap and asked for just one thing: a new heart for her mother. The bearded man was puzzled. He didn’t understand the ...
Research Chemicals in Vaping Flavors Cause Widespread Damage to Lung Tissue By Mark Michaud Dec. 18, 2019 New research appearing in the journal Scientific Reports unpacks the list of chemicals that comprise flavored e-liquids and pods used in vaping and details their harmful effects to lung tissue, ...
Research Physicians Create Guide for Identifying, Treating Vaping Lung Illness By Leslie White Nov. 8, 2019 As lung injuries from vaping continue to rise across the United States, Rochester physicians and New York health leaders developed a new tool to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of e-cigarette, ...
Research Environmental Toxins Impair Immune System over Multiple Generations By Mark Michaud Oct. 2, 2019 New research shows that maternal exposure to a common and ubiquitous form of industrial pollution can harm the immune system of offspring and that this injury is passed along to subsequent ...
Research New Study Links Electronic Cigarettes and Wheezing in Adults By Emily Boynton Feb. 28, 2019 People who vaped were nearly twice as likely to experience wheezing compared to people who didn’t regularly use tobacco products, according to a study published in the journal Tobacco Control.
Research Puerto Rican Children with Asthma Less Likely to Use Inhalers than Mexican American Children By Patrick Broadwater Feb. 8, 2019 Puerto Rican children were more likely to have poor or decreasing use of inhaled medication needed to control their asthma than Mexican American children, according to a new study by University of ...
Research URMC Researchers Aim to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthma Care By URMC Communications Sep. 13, 2018 In the hopes of combating asthma care disparities, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) are launching a new, $3.6 million study in partnership with the Rochester City ...
