Wood burning stoves may damage lungs akin to cigarettes, study warns
Wood-burning stoves linked to lung damage, study finds A new study has found that using indoor wood-burning stoves may damage lungs in a way similar to cigarette smoke. Researchers at University College London (UCL) analysed data from over 11,000 participants in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, alongside property-level Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and UK […]
5 months ago
NHS sends urgent message to all people who have ever smoked
You could save your own life simply by visiting a mobile truck Smokers and ex-smokers are being urged to get a ‘lung MOT’ after hundreds were diagnosed with lung cancer upon visiting an NHS cancer check-up truck. According to The Independent, NHS staff diagnosed 600 people with the disease after visiting the trucks, which travel […]
4 years ago
Man nearly suffers collapsed lung after masturbating
Solidarity with the Swiss man A man was hospitalised after a freak masturbating accident left him with a rare lung injury usually caused by rigorous exercise. The case of the unnamed Switzerland patient was detailed in the May edition of the journal of Radiology Case Reports. The man had rushed to A&E after experiencing sudden […]
4 years ago