Conditions of the Respiratory System

One in five students worldwide use tobacco products. Tobacco is a major preventable cause of premature death and disease. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about 5 million people worldwide die from tobacco use. Now research reports that phone smoking-cessation counseling helped teen smokers kick the habit. The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, evaluated a personalized telephone counseling intervention for teen smokers. Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson...Read More

Asthma is a respiratory disease caused by inflammation of the airways. Research suggests that nutritional deficiencies, including low antioxidant levels, may aggravate asthma. Antioxidants neutralize harmful free radicals (toxic byproducts of metabolic functions) and protect against inflammation and chronic disease. Now research reports that low levels of antioxidant vitamins A and C are linked with higher asthma incidence and severity.  The study, published in Thorax, investigated the relationship between vitamins A, C and E and asthma...Read More

A study was recently conducted in Israel at the Wingate Institute and measured the effects of lycopene, a potent antioxidant, on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in adolescents.Read More

A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition conducted by Harvard Medical School examined the relationship between essential fatty acid intake and incidence of community-acquired pneumonia in men.Read More