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'In the summer of 2019, an outbreak hit America. More than 2,800 people were
hospitalized and 68 people died, US health authorities reported. The most
likely common cause – a chemical found in some vapes that damages lung tissue,
leaving people gasping for air and coughing.
That lung injury outburst spurred on researchers investigating the health harms
of vaping. Five years later, the evidence from large, lengthy studies is
steadily mounting that using e-cigarettes is linked to higher risks of
respiratory disease, heart attacks, and stroke.
Now, a new study presented at last week's annual scientific meeting of the
American College of Cardiology adds to those findings. Researchers found that
people aged 18 years and over who have used e-cigarettes at any point in their
lives are 19 percent more likely to experience heart failure compared to people
who have never used them.
Unlike a sudden heart attack, heart failure is the slow weakening or stiffening
of the heart, so much so it struggles to pump blood around the body.
"More and more studies are linking e-cigarettes to harmful effects and finding
that it might not be as safe as previously thought," Yakubu Bene-Alhasan, a
physician and researcher at MedStar Health in Baltimore, said in a statement
after presenting the results. "The difference we saw was substantial."'
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
