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People who use e-cigarettes have a roughly 30% higher risk of developing respiratory illness. The increased risk includes conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, bronchitis, and asthma. The four chronic conditions lead to difficulty breathing and can be life-threatening if left untreated. The risks for chronic lung diseases among current e-cigarette users is 31% higher compared to non-users. According to UPI. former e-cigarette users have a 28% higher risk. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Asthma develops as a result of the narrowing of the airways, and chronic bronchitis is common in smokers. Emphysema is a progressive condition, also diagnosed in smokers, that causes decreased lung capacity.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says up to 29% of all adults in the United States, or about 70 million people, have high cholesterol. In addition to lifestyle changes around diet and exercise, prescription statin drugs can help control high cholesterol, which is liked to cardiovascular disease. Now, a new study reveals older adults benefit from statins at least as much as young people in reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart disease. According to UPI, researchers say that for every 80 people age 80 to 100 who take statins, one heart attack will be prevented. In contrast, three times that number of people between ages 50 and 59 would need to take the drugs to prevent one heart attack. Similarly, a second analysis shows statins reduce the risk for heart attack and stroke in people over 75 by 26% for every one-point reduction in LDL cholesterol.
Ukraine's embattled frontline town of Avdiivka is in danger of being captured by Russian forces, the White House says, urging the US House to pass vital military aid for Kyiv. "Avdiivka is at risk of falling into Russian control," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters during a White House briefing. SOUNDBITE
Tensions in the Middle East and shipping disruptions in the Red Sea could push eurozone inflation higher again, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde warns at a press conference in Frankfurt. SOUNDBITE
Police vehicles patrol the surroundings of Brazil's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court in Brasilia, as 2,000 police officers are deployed on the first anniversary of the far-right riots that rocked the Brazilian capital on January 8, 2023. Tens of thousands of supporters of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's defeated election rival, far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the country's seats of power that day, trashing the premises and calling on the military to oust the veteran leftist. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian supporters begin marching in London. Almost 2,000 police officers will be on duty when more than 100,000 protesters are to march through London. Police have made almost 100 arrests for offences such as supporting banned organisations and hate crimes over the past few weekends that protests have been held in the capital. IMAGES