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05-19-2014, 11:40 PM
E-Cigarette Vapor May Make MRSA Bacteria More Aggressive
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Smoking weakens the immune system and lowers the ability of human cells to fight infection – research has shown (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21737564) this over and over again. Smoking cigarettes, and breathing in second-hand *****, puts people at risk for developing severe lung and respiratory track infections. *****rs are two to four times more likely (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15534156) to develop pneumococcal pneumonia than **n-*****rs. Cigarette smoking also increases the rates and severity of influenza infection and increases the risk of tuberculosis.
But what if the problem isn’t just that cigarette ***** weakens the immune system, but actually makes the bacteria more aggressive? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/vapor-e-cigarettes-mrsa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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