Cardio fitness in childhood and atherosclerosis

The effect of metabolic syndrome traits on atherosclerosis can be reduced by increasing cardiorespiratory fitness already in childhood: The deleterious effects of metabolic and cardiovascular...

Global crisis – untreated hypertension

More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension. The number of people living with hypertension has doubled to 1.28 billion since 1990. The number of adults...

Smoking, early menopause and lung cancer link

Encouraging young women to quit smoking has taken on added importance after University of Queensland research showed associations between smoking, early menopause and lung cancer....

Quit support for smoking mothers

Curtin University research has found quit support for smoking mothers should continue even after their first babies are born, given that many of those women...

TikTok: an unhealthy influence

An unhealthy influence: TikTok’s troubling health bomb. TikTok exposes young people to videos that could reinforce a positive attitude towards vaping and e-cigarette usage, new...

Self-inflicted lung injury by COVID-19 patients

Self-inflicted lung injury by COVID-19 patients: High respiratory efforts in COVID-19 patients could result in self-inflicted lung injury Some COVID-19 patients who experience acute respiratory...