Category: lung

CDC: Vitamin E acetate is ‘closely associated’ with vaping lung injuries

Post author By Randall
Post date December 20, 2019
Categories In cases, cdc, e-cigarette, e-cigs, evali, gear, lung, lung injury, medicine, study, Tech, vaping, vitamin e acetate

[ad_1] A new clinical study analyzed samples from 51 EVALI patients and a comparison group of 99 healthy individuals. The study identified vitamin E acetate in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid from 48 of the 51 EVALI patients. It did not detect the chemical in BAL fluid from healthy individuals. This isn’t entirely surprising. Last month, […]

CDC confirms 2,051 cases of vaping-related lung injury

Post author By Randall
Post date November 7, 2019
Categories In cases, cdc, confirmed, e-cigs, evali, gear, health, illness, lung, medicine, Tech, vaping

[ad_1] The number of vaping-related lung injuries is up to 2,051, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) said in a statement today. Health officials are now referring to the mystery illness as EVALI, short for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lu… [ad_2] Source link

CDC warns against vaping until it figures out what’s making people sick

Post author By Randall
Post date September 6, 2019
Categories In cdc, disease, e-cigarette, e-cigarettes, e-cigs, fda, gear, illness, investigation, lung, medicine, Politics, Public Health, Tech, vaping, warning

[ad_1] There are a lot of rumors and unsubstantiated chatter around the risks of vaping, and the CDC admits it has plenty of questions. It says it’s too early to pinpoint a single product or substance common to all cases. It’s also unclear what role THC-containing products play in the illness, as many patients report […]