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Using a 1-year, prospective longitudinal design, 150 youth and young adults aged 15-21 years (100 exclusive-EC users; 50 never-users) will complete 5 laboratory visits (baseline, 3-,6-, 9-, and 12-months) following >12 hours of abstinence, which will include laboratory-based respiratory assessments
Background:
Lung development and growth is a complexly orchestrated process starting prenatally in the first embryonic weeks, and ending, with the last important stages of alveolarization from the 24th week onwards. By the time of birth, around one third of the total amount of alveoli has developed,
Hypothesis:
A "high-intensity" smoking cessation intervention is superior in leading to permanent (>12 months) smoking cessation in active smokers with COPD than does a standard, guideline-based municipal smoking cessation intervention.
Secondary hypothesis: The progression of COPD will be reduced
Background:
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal inherited disease in North European populations, affecting approximately 1:2500 live births. It is a multisystem disorder with respiratory morbidity and mortality being the leading cause of death. Lung disease in CF is characterized by
E-cigarette use is increasing rapidly in the United States, especially amongst youth, underscoring the vital need to improve understanding of its health risks. Relevant data could inform policy, guide public health and clinical intervention efforts, and inform individuals who might use or who are
E-cigarette manufactures claim that e-cigarettes are safer than conventional cigarettes and that they may aid in smoking cessation. As a result, e-cigarettes are gaining popularity and use in the general public as a replacement for traditional cigarettes. However, little is known about the benefits
Background & Rationale The skin plays a critical role in protection where it acts as a barrier from damage and pathogens between the external and internal environments. Wounds compromise its protective role by disrupting the function and the normal structure of the skin and the underlying soft
The goals of that submission will be to conduct a clinical trial of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) to prevent smoking relapse in post-partum women who quit smoking during pregnancy. For this proposal, the investigators will develop, test, and refine our recruitment strategy,
Aim : To compare, among patients with an uncontrolled moderate to severe asthma, the blood eosinophil levels of smokers and non-smokers.
Hypothesis: Uncontrolled never-smoker asthmatics (NSA) will have a greater level of blood eosinophils than uncontrolled asthmatic smokers (AS) (difference in blood
After agreement with the written informed consent, 36 volunteers, male and female, aged between 18 and 70 years will be recruited at Medical School University of Sao Paulo and in the Ambulatory of Smoking Cessation Program of the Clinics Hospital. Exclusion criteria are inability to taste saccharin,
Cigarette smoke (CS), e-cigarette smoke (EC), hookah smoke (HS), and Little Cigar smoke (LCS)-exposed populations will be stratified based on their responses to a smoking diary, protocol questionnaire, as well as urine cotinine levels (which should be present in all three groups). We are aware that
Asthma, the leading chronic disorder in childhood, is the number one cause of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits in young children and is responsible for a substantial impact on healthcare costs. The ED is often the point of contact for low-income children and many families view the ED as
OBJECTIVES:
- To develop and validate prediction biomarkers for radiation therapy (RT)-induced acute and chronic skin reactions and quality of life in five racial/ethnic groups of breast cancer patients, Whites*, Black/African Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, Asians/Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders,
Schedule of visits:
Prior to the screening visit, subjects will be asked to avoid cruciferous vegetables (list will be provided to them), corticosteroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications for 1 week prior to the initial visit and again for 1 week prior to all remaining visits. They will
We propose to clinically examine self-reported Parkinson s disease (PD) patients from the well established Shanghai Women s Health Study (SWHS) and thus initiate a long-term PD research in this unique Chinese women cohort. The SWHS cohort was established in late 1990s by Dr. Wei Zheng from