lung function Archives - Life Science Review

23 February 202023 February 2020

Although pollutants the mother has been exposed to can pass into the breast milk, environmental studies have confirmed that the protective effects of breastfeeding still outweigh its potential health risk to the infant

On October 2019 researchers from Poland published their review of the medical scientific literature to assess the potential effects of air pollution on breast milk and whether breastfeeding can overcome … Read more

8 August 201916 June 2020

Women cleaning at home or working as occupational cleaners appear to have an accelerated decline in lung function, suggesting that exposure to both cleaning sprays and other cleaning agents may constitute a risk to long-term respiratory health

In May 2018 researchers from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey based in Norway, Spain, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, and the UK published the results of their study … Read more

3 August 201920 June 2020

Monthly high-dose vitamin D supplementation does not prevent a range of diseases, but may be beneficial for some intermediate outcomes in people who have vitamin D deficiency

In May 2019 researchers from New Zealand published the results of their study to assess the effectiveness of monthly vitamin D supplementation in reducing the incidence of a range of … Read more

26 April 20195 January 2020

Air pollution levels are associated with reduced lung function

In March 2019 researchers from Austria published the results of their study to assess the short-term effects of air pollution and other environmental exposures. Twenty-four healthy students walked for 1 … Read more

20 February 201921 November 2019

Consumption of fruit, including tomatoes, may delay lung function decline in adults, particularly in ex-smokers

In December 2017 researchers from the USA, UK, Norway Germany and Spain published the results of their study to assess the relationship between lung function decline and dietary antioxidants over … Read more