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    There are many diseases out there that effect the lungs, and can be life-threatening. They affect millions of people every year. Some examples would be lung cancer and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Cancer is a disease that, among other things, effects the communication between cells. Acute respiratory distress syndrome prevents oxygen from getting into the blood. With so many people being at risk, it can lead some people to wonder why the cure hasn’t already been created. There are many…

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    Mold Prevention Techniques | Wake Forest, Raleigh, Chapel Hill & the Triangle When you notice that your crawl space is severely infested with mold, don’t ignore the disaster and call the professionals to have them removed pronto. Mold may not look like a danger at first, but if you allow it to spread and grow your health suffers. There are three types of mold that commonly grow in households: allergenic mold, pathogenic mold and toxigenic mold. Each mold has their own level of severity, and…

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    bronchitis. Constantly inhaling second-hand smoke for a considerably long period of time results in serious health problems, e.g. heart-attack, lung diseases and immune system’s issues, and certainly is responsible for a substantial number of tobacco-related mortalities. If a person passively smoke in a long period of time, the possibility that he or she has lung cancer will soar up by 48 per cent, whereas the risk of having heart-attack will increase by 25 per cent (Lonergan, Meaney, Perry,…

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    Tobacco use will always be a major problem in the United States but the numbers are gradually decreasing since the risks outweigh the benefits; therefore, more and more people are quitting smoking every day. The goal for tobacco usage is reduce illnesses, disabilities, and deaths related to tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure (“Healthy People” 2015). Six- million people die every year because of tobacco usage (Rosen, G. 2015). This includes the person that smokes as well as the people that…

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    cardiovascular disease (60% of cases ) , lung cancer and chronic respiratory obstruction. In this paper I will discuss the air pollution in Portugal. First I will discuss the cause of air pollution, second, the consequence, and in the last…

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    had their first cigarette. Even though cigarettes are an addiction that is hard to get off of, they still are dangerous, can cause cancer, and effect the people around you. Smoking might seem harmless at first, but over time you will see the effect they have on you. Cigarettes can cause cancer, losing teeth, breathing issues, and even death. 30 percent of all cancer deaths are caused…

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    people in America need to understand the dangers of cigarettes. Firstly, Cigarettes cause cancer and many other illnesses. This is because there is tar in cigarettes and causes mutations in dna and causes cancer. Smokers have 10 years shorter of a life expectancy than an average person. Some other diseases caused by cigarettes such as different heart diseases. Secondly, you could get throat cancer. You could also need to get a hole in your throat. This would mean that you would have to…

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    to your health. The health problems associated with those horrendous fumes include: numerous types of infections in children, more frequent and severe asthma attacks, a higher chance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS) in young children, heart and lung disease, an increased chance of stroke in adults, and a greater…

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    hunger sensation and taste buds becomes dull. Normally, when a smoker quits he usually admits that even the taste of food is better. Long-term effects of tobacco use can be linked to a lot of diseases such as: cardiovascular disease, lung and other types of cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other respiratory damage. Tobacco uses is responsible for other health, cosmetic and economic concerns such as ulcers, erectile dysfunction, reproduction health issues, dental disease, loss…

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    person's blood pressure which puts stress on the heart.Stress on a person's heart can lead to an heart attack. Another way smoking damages your heart is it causes hearing loss, blindness, cavities, and can make your skin dry.Smoking also turns your lungs black. These are ways smoking damages your health.…

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