Pneumonia Articles

Pneumonia Articles:

Antacids Increase the Risk for Pneumonia

In their effort to suppress digestive symptoms doctors hand out antacid medication like candy, even to babies. Virtually no thought is given to the fact that these medications, by interfering with stomach acid, are lowering the front line defense system against any infection. A new study shows that if you go into a hospital and are prescribed Prilosec, Nexium or Prevacid you have a 30% increased risk for contracting pneumonia during your stay.

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Statins Increase the Risk for Pneumonia

I’ve been warning for years that statins are a potent immune suppressive drug, a real problem if you need a competent immune system for battling a problem like swine flu. A new study published in the British Journal of Medicine was conducted in hopes of proving that statins actually boost immunity against pneumonia – how surprised the researchers were when they found the opposite.

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Zinc Reduces Rates of Pneumonia and All-Cause Mortality

Boston-area public health researchers present evidence that low zinc is present in 29% of their study population (adults over age 65). They found that low zinc doubled the risk for developing pneumonia as well as doubling the length of time the illness lasted. Even more importantly, independent of infections, low zinc was associated with a 39% increase in all-cause mortality.

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Vitamin D Deficiency in Pneumonia Patients Associated With Increased Mortality

A New Zealand hospital has found that patients coming in for treatment for winter-time pneumonia were a whopping 12 times more likely to die within 30 days if they had low levels of vitamin D. These findings were independent of age or other prognostic factors. Considering there is a worldwide deficiency of vitamin D, in no small part caused by the sun-paranoid American Cancer Association, maybe it is high time to re-evaluate priorities.

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