Study finds breathing in secondhand smoke increases heart failure risk by 35%
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FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013, photo, a cigarette burns in an ashtray at a home in Hayneville, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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A recent study found that breathing in secondhand cigarette smoke increases the risk of heart failure by 35%.
The study, which was being presented at the American College of Cardiology s 70th Annual Scientific Session on Wednesday, was conducted on 11,219 nonsmokers who showed a 35% increase in developing heart failure.
âIt adds to overwhelming evidence that secondhand smoke is harmful,â said Travis Skipina, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, and the studyâs lead author, in a statement. â[Secondhand smoke] has been associated with stroke and heart attacks, but what really hadnât been reported before was its association with heart failure, which is a very debil
Wake Forest Baptist Health Helping To Design Reusable PPE For Health Workers by Neal Charnoff An Open Standard Industries face mask. Image courtesy: Wake Forest Baptist Health
Wake Forest Baptist Health is taking part in a study to develop better-fitting reusable face coverings for health care workers.
Wake Forest School of Medicine researchers are part of a team effort to design improved personal protective equipment (PPE) products for workers in the healthcare industry.
The hope is that better-designed masks will help protect workers from COVID-19 variants that have already begun to spread in the United States.
The School of Medicine is leading a feasibility study in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Open Standard Industries (OSI), a PPE manufacturer.
Researchers with Wake Forest School of Medicine are collaborating on an effort to develop a reusable and more comfortable face mask for health care workers.
The testing of the potential personal protection equipment (PPE) product comes as the arrival of several global COVID-19 variants into North Carolina and the United States has drawn concerns in terms of new community exposures.
Just as worrisome: How do the variants affect the disposable masks worn by health care workers?
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of thousands of medical providers in the U.S. alone, most who were exposed and infected as they treated infected patients.
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