Air Pollution From Fossil Fuels Tied to 5 Million Excess Deaths Annually
Authors say phasing out fossil fuels could cut deaths globally
CDC: 2021 to 2022 Saw Increase in U.S. Life Expectancy
Increase in life expectancy seen for males and females and for American Indian and Alaska Native, Hispanic, Black, Asian, White populations
Low Neighborhood Opportunity Tied to ED Visits for Asthma in Young Children
Neighborhoods with improved socioeconomic and educational opportunity have lower rates of asthma-related emergency visits
Decline in Excess Mortality Seen in First Decade After Quitting Smoking
Former smokers had little to no excess cardiovascular mortality at 20 to 29 years after quitting smoking
Mortality Increased With Exposure to Coal Fine Particulate Matter
1 μg/m3 increase in annual average coal PM2.5 associated with a 1.12 percent increase in all-cause mortality
Aquatic High-Intensity Interval Training Aids Exercise Capacity for Chronic Conditions
Benefits similar to land-based high-intensity interval training
Sleep-Related Hypoxia Tied to Incident Atrial Fibrillation
Findings consistent across three measures of hypoxia, when adjusting for pulmonary physiology
Incidence of Local-Stage Cancers Decreased From 2019 to 2022
Incidence decreased significantly for 19 of 22 cancer types, deviating from stable year-over-year changes pre-COVID-19
AHA: Lung Inflation Occurs Infrequently With Ventilation During 30:2 CPR
Better outcomes seen for patients with ventilation waveforms in ≥50 percent of pauses in CPR
2013 to 2021 Saw Shift in Smoking Habits of Young Adults
Findings show historically low cigarette use, but higher e-cigarette use