Gas stoves produce indoor pollution that can exacerbate asthma and COPD, but it's still unclear whether they actually cause obstructive pulmonary disease.
Quantifying social determinants of health and addressing the factors that allow disparities to persist will require standardized measurements and targeted interventions, said a panel of experts at the 2023 American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Smoke rises from a wildfire burning near Santa Cruz in 2020.
Wildfire smoke can trigger a host of respiratory and cardiovascular symptoms, ranging from runny nose and cough to a potentially life-threatening heart attack or stroke. A new study suggests that the dangers posed by wildfire smoke may also extend to the largest organ in the human body, and our first line of defense against outside threat: the skin.
During the two weeks in November 2018 when wildfire smoke from the Camp Fire choked the San Francisco Bay Area, health clinics in San Francisco saw an uptick in the number of patients visiting with concerns of eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, and general itch, compared to the same time of the year in 2015 and 2016, the study found.
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