Not Signed In - Low levels of air pollution can raise stroke risk
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:03 PM EST
... NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low environmental levels of fine and ultrafine particulate matter, as well as carbon dioxide, increase the risk of stroke, but the heightened risk occurs only during warm weather months, Finnish researchers report. ...
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- Air Pollution & Respiratory Health
- Air Pollution
- Pollution
- Water Pollution
- Indoor Air Pollution
- Risk Factors
- Stroke
- Low Blood Pressure
- Air Quality
- Mini-Strokes
- HDL
- Low Vision
- Low Vision & Blindness
- Hypogammaglobulinemia (reduced levels of antibodies) -- increases the risk of infection
- Low oxygen levels (in severe cases)
- Low Back Pain
- Stroke, if clots break off and travel to the brain (drugs that thin the blood such as heparin and warfarin can reduce the risk)
- Security Risk Assessment
- Diabetes
- Cardiac Risk
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