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Ammonia is generally used in household cleaning products, as well as on farms and in some industrial and commercial locations, and this makes it easy for accidental or deliberate exposure to occur. [15] [16] [17] Ammonia interacts with moist surfaces to form ammonium hydroxide, which causes necrosis of tissues. Exposure to high concentrations ...
Also, too much stress can have an impact on sleep and is a risk factor of insomnia. [9] Stress can have an effect on sleep patterns, food intake and consequently weight gain. [1] Stress has been found to be associated with increased emotional reward of palatable foods, which in turn can also lead to obesity. [1]
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is defined as the combination of obesity and an increased blood carbon dioxide level during the day that is not attributable to another cause of excessively slow or shallow breathing. [2] The most effective treatment is weight loss, but this may require bariatric surgery to achieve. [3]
The weight loss drug Zepbound, generically known as tirzepatide, is also now an approved medication to treat obstructive sleep apnea, per a Food and Drug Administration Dec. 20 press release.
Sleep apnea (sleep apnoea or sleep apnœa in British English) is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of shallow breathing, or collapse of the upper airway during sleep results in poor ventilation and sleep disruption.
Smoke inhalation is the breathing in of harmful fumes (produced as by-products of combusting substances) through the respiratory tract. [1] This can cause smoke inhalation injury (subtype of acute inhalation injury) which is damage to the respiratory tract caused by chemical and/or heat exposure, as well as possible systemic toxicity after smoke inhalation.
Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro may offer serious health benefits beyond weight loss. The GLP-1 medications have been linked to decreased risks of heart disease, kidney disease and Alzheimer’s ...
Here are all of the ways, subtle and not so subtle, that weight loss medications and conversations made their way into the big night. The red carpet Kathy Bates’s slimmer figure “turned heads ...