Magnetic Micro-Tentacle Robots Allow Deep Lung Surgery:
Soft, silicone robotic tentacles, manipulated by external #magnetic fields, are capable of traveling 37% further into airways compared with conventional surgical equipment.#roboticsurgery #minimallyinvasive #lung #cancer
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwcNfiINuFZ/

CoVid Triggers New High Blood Pressure Problems:
Those contracting a CoVid infection are 1.5 to 2 times more likely than flu patients to develop a new case of persisting hypertension. #CoVid #hypertension #hospitalization #outpatient #heaertattack #stroke #lung #kidney
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwcJH3Xtu2_/

Air #pollution speeds progression of #lung diseases, UK study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/11/air-pollution-speeds-progression-of-lung-diseases-uk-study-finds

Study adds to growing evidence that health harm from air pollution accumulates through our lifetimes

#Farmers Deceived About #Sewage #Sludge Safety

April 2, 2010

"On March 27th [2010] Citizens for Sludge-Free Land sent a letter to the #Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and US #EPA Region 3 that information provided to Virginia landowners about using sewage sludges as #fertilizer is deceptive. Land application permits are being granted in several Virginia counties without informing farmers of the serious risks associated with this practice. The VA code specifies, that to be valid, these permits can only be granted with the #InformedConsent of the landowner.

"The Federal #CleanWater Act defines sewage sludge as a #pollutant. Most of the pollutants that sewage treatment plants remove from wastewater concentrate in the resulting sludge. Exempt from #hazardous and solid waste laws, sludge is being spread on #agricultural land, despite mounting scientific evidence and field reports that using this contaminated waste as a cheap fertilizer is neither safe, beneficial, nor sustainable.

"The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service as well as Nutri-Blend Inc., the company that needs permits to spread sludge, are failing to provide landowners with the necessary facts, so they can make an informed decision whether or not to treat their land with sludge. The widely distributed Extension Service biosolids fact sheets-- although deceptively dated May 9, 2009-- provide out-dated, inaccurate, incomplete, and in some cases, misleading information. They overstate the alleged benefits and totally ignore the known risks and recent documented evidence of adverse health and #environmental impacts linked to sludge use. The fact sheets and brochures give the illusion that land applying sewage sludge, a complex and variable mixture of #HumanWaste and thousands of industrial #chemicals, many of which are #toxic and persistent, is a safe and normal agricultural practice.

"The information provided to landowners deceptively downplays the health risks of exposure to odors, odorant compounds, endotoxins, bacteria-laden dusts, and toxic gases at land application sites that can cause severe and permanent #lung damage. Nor are farmers told that typical sludges generated in industrialized urban areas contain not only pathogens, but also #PCBs, #dioxins, #carcinogens, #pharmaceuticals, flame retardants [#PFAS], and hormone disrupting chemicals that can damage developing organisms in parts per trillion. Many of these pollutants do not break down once they are applied to land. Worse, partial breakdown products are often more toxic than the parent material. Yet federal regulations require testing and standards for only nine toxic metals. Perhaps most important, the information provided to farmers fails to disclose that the National Academies of Science has indicated that while there are serious health concerns associated with many of the constituents of sewage sludge, there is too much uncertainty to scientifically predict the true health and environmental risks, when this complex waste mixture is applied to land.

"Finally, farmers are not told that sludge-exposure has been linked to illnesses, human deaths, livestock mortalities, groundwater pollution, and permanently degraded land. Unless there is a true and accurate disclosure of all the risks associated with this practice, there can be no true consent.

"Without informed consent, the state should not be issuing permits."

Link to archived web page (TY @internetarchive!):
https://web.archive.org/web/20221227022631/https://organicconsumers.org/press/farmers-deceived-about-sewage-sludge-safety

#PFOS #ChemicalIndustries #ToxicWaste #WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals

2011 study showed tobacco companies knew radioactive particles in cigarettes posed cancer risk as early as 1959 but kept quiet

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/big-tobacco-knew-radioactive-particles-in-cigarettes

#health #cancer #lung #pulmonary #smoking

In a new study with more than 15,000 Americans and half a million Europeans, it has been found that sufficient levels of omega-3 fatty acids, as found in nuts, seeds, and fish oil, are associated with a better lung function. See http://www.neat-news.com/2023/07/204.php. #lung #health #omega3

Fellow humans with #asthma and #lung issues in North America how would you describe the past week in terms of difficulty breathing compared to baseline (eg, including dry cough, wheezing, etc)?

I'm not a big fan of 'click here because this cause is important to me!' posts, but I've been coughing for the better part of a month now regardless of my air purifier settings. And I'm a #September11 survivor so I'm JUST A LITTLE BIT TETCHY about #lung shit.

So:

The House of Representatives just released a plan to gut #cancer research and #PublicHealth funding in the next fiscal year’s spending bill. Americans, please tell your Representative THIS IS A BAD THING. https://a.lung.org/DSFzeab

Why #tires — not #tailpipes — are spewing more #pollution from your #cars. Wear and tear on vehicles’ tires and #brakes emit fine particles into the air, linked to #heart and #lung disease https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/09/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissions-pollution-cars/ #transportation #healthcare #particulatepollution

Research Postdoctoral Fellow (Lung Epithelial Repair Lab)

University of Pittsburgh - Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Join our energetic NIH-funded team as a #Postdoc in #Pittsburgh studying #mitochondria, #lung repair and #senescence in lung disease.

See the full job des...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-pittsburgh-division-of-pulmonary-allergy-critical-care-and-sleep-medicine-27778-research-postdoctoral-fellow-lung-epithelial-repair-lab/?feed_id=49342

Research Postdoctoral Fellow (Lung Epithelial Repair Lab)

University of Pittsburgh - Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Join our energetic NIH-funded team as a #Postdoc in #Pittsburgh studying #mitochondria, #lung repair and #senescence in lung disease.

See the full job des...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-pittsburgh-division-of-pulmonary-allergy-critical-care-and-sleep-medicine-27778-research-postdoctoral-fellow-lung-epithelial-repair-lab/?feed_id=49223

💋 Today is #InternationalKissingDay
#DYK good oral hygiene may safeguard against chronic #lung diseases, along with cavity & gum issues?
Discover more via @BertelsenRandi @UiB and remember to floss & brush!
👉 https://europa.eu/!KP6MXG
#immunology #bacteriology @HorizonMagEu https://t.co/k9QiQS1CgS

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1676848511495835649

#Flu #Virus hitches a ride with #Haze particles deep into the #Lung ($): Nature

#Emerging #Architectures for #LLM Applications : Misc

How to Leave #Work at Work : HBR

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

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RT by @physorg_com: Researchers find potential therapy for rare but devastating #lung disease @UofCincy @ScienceAdvances https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf8549 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-potential-therapy-rare-devastating-lung.html

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RT by @physorg_com: Researchers create new model of #lung #mesenchymalcells >@BUMedicine @NatureComms https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39099-9 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-lung-mesenchymal-cells.html

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RT by @physorg_com: 'Magic cocktail' generates #lung's most critical immune cell in the lab @mbiojournal https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00834-23 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-magic-cocktail-generates-lung-critical.html

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RT by @physorg_com: First integrated human #lung cell atlas provides insights into lung diseases @NatureMedicine https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-human-lung-cell-atlas-insights.html

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RT by @physorg_com: In mice, naturally derived nanocarriers reduce #lung inflammation, tissue damage @OhioState @advmater https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202210579 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-mice-naturally-derived-nanocarriers-lung.html

WSJ: Use of CT scans can detect #lung cancer early and help save lives. Medical groups recommend annual, low-dose scans starting at 50 for people who smoke heavily or recently quit. Insurers often cover the test. Only 6% of eligible people are screened. https://www.wsj.com/articles/deadly-lung-cancer-test-b3dec341

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