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State Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Sunday August 25, 2024 ( 1 items )  

Researchers Find E-Cigarette Use Disrupts Nasal Microbiome
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * A new study led by Elise Hickman, PhD, and Ilona Jaspers, PhD, director of the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology at the UNC School of Medicine, suggests that e-cigarette and cigarette use changes the microbiome in the nose and makes users more susceptible to respiratory diseases and infections. * * * The nose plays more r  more