Showing posts with label Newsmax. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newsmax. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 09, 2026
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Inhaler Overuse Linked to Heart Risks
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Friday, 28 August 2026 10:17 AM EDT
For people with asthma or COPD, reaching for a rescue inhaler too often may be a warning sign — not just for their lungs, but for their heart.
It's estimated nearly 1 in 5 asthma patients and 1 in 3 COPD patients overuse these products.
Researchers analyzed real-world health data from more than 280,000 asthma and COPD patients in Belgium.
They found frequent use of short-acting reliever inhalers, also called bronchodilators, was associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death, including heart failure, heart attack and ischemic stroke.
Compared with no use, the increased risk of death ranged from 12% to 73% depending on the type of inhaler and whether patients had asthma or COPD.
Using three or more reliever inhalers a year was also associated with a higher risk of death compared with using two or fewer.
Researchers say these inhalers briefly relax airway muscles, but can also cause faster, irregular heart rates. And relying on them too heavily may be a sign that the underlying asthma or COPD isn't well controlled.
"Overuse of short-acting bronchodilators is an alarm signal which indicates uncontrolled airway inflammation and requires a medical review of treatment," said lead author Lies Lahousse from Ghent University in Belgium.
Researchers say overuse should prompt patients to have their lungs checked and healthcare providers to review patients’ treatment, inhaler technique and adherence.
The study was published in the journal ERJ Open Research.
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Friday, 28 August 2026 10:17 AM EDT
For people with asthma or COPD, reaching for a rescue inhaler too often may be a warning sign — not just for their lungs, but for their heart.
It's estimated nearly 1 in 5 asthma patients and 1 in 3 COPD patients overuse these products.
Researchers analyzed real-world health data from more than 280,000 asthma and COPD patients in Belgium.
They found frequent use of short-acting reliever inhalers, also called bronchodilators, was associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death, including heart failure, heart attack and ischemic stroke.
Compared with no use, the increased risk of death ranged from 12% to 73% depending on the type of inhaler and whether patients had asthma or COPD.
Using three or more reliever inhalers a year was also associated with a higher risk of death compared with using two or fewer.
Researchers say these inhalers briefly relax airway muscles, but can also cause faster, irregular heart rates. And relying on them too heavily may be a sign that the underlying asthma or COPD isn't well controlled.
"Overuse of short-acting bronchodilators is an alarm signal which indicates uncontrolled airway inflammation and requires a medical review of treatment," said lead author Lies Lahousse from Ghent University in Belgium.
Researchers say overuse should prompt patients to have their lungs checked and healthcare providers to review patients’ treatment, inhaler technique and adherence.
The study was published in the journal ERJ Open Research.
© HealthDay
Monday, August 03, 2026
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There are Plenty of Religious Underpinnings to Our Founding
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Friday, 27 March 2026 04:56 PM EDT
Sometimes we are led to believe today that the Founding Fathers of America were men of the Enlightenment, meaning that, for the most part, they were not believers in Jesus.
But that’s not true that they were mostly skeptics.
There were a few, but they were the exception — not the rule.
And besides, Enlightenment thinkers, like Montesquieu, Sir William Blackstone, and John Locke — whose writings were important to America's Founders — were professing Christians, who often based their arguments on the Bible.
250 years ago from this month, the Continental Congress — the same men that would adopt the Declaration of Independence by voice vote on July 4 — proclaimed a Day of Prayer for the fledgling nation-to-be.
This was no namby-pamby, "To Whom It May Concern," - type prayer — that we’re so often used to today. This was a bold Christian document by professing Christians, representing a population back home that was 99.8% professing Christians.
In that proclamation of a Day of Fasting, Prayer, and Humiliation, March 16, 1776, the founders declared, "In times of impending calamity and distress; when the liberties of America are imminently endangered by the secret machinations and open assaults of an insidious and vindictive administration, it becomes the indispensable duty of these hitherto free and happy colonies, with true penitence of heart, and the most reverent devotion, publicly to acknowledge the over ruling providence of God."
Based on this opening paragraph and other writings of the times, they said: We used to be happy and enjoy life here in these British colonies in North America.
We enjoyed our rights as Englishmen. Rights that dated back to the Magna Charta in 1215, which were affirmed in the British Bill of Rights of 1689.
Sometimes we are led to believe today that the Founding Fathers of America were men of the Enlightenment, meaning that, for the most part, they were not believers in Jesus.
But that’s not true that they were mostly skeptics.
There were a few, but they were the exception — not the rule.
And besides, Enlightenment thinkers, like Montesquieu, Sir William Blackstone, and John Locke — whose writings were important to America's Founders — were professing Christians, who often based their arguments on the Bible.
250 years ago from this month, the Continental Congress — the same men that would adopt the Declaration of Independence by voice vote on July 4 — proclaimed a Day of Prayer for the fledgling nation-to-be.
This was no namby-pamby, "To Whom It May Concern," - type prayer — that we’re so often used to today. This was a bold Christian document by professing Christians, representing a population back home that was 99.8% professing Christians.
In that proclamation of a Day of Fasting, Prayer, and Humiliation, March 16, 1776, the founders declared, "In times of impending calamity and distress; when the liberties of America are imminently endangered by the secret machinations and open assaults of an insidious and vindictive administration, it becomes the indispensable duty of these hitherto free and happy colonies, with true penitence of heart, and the most reverent devotion, publicly to acknowledge the over ruling providence of God."
Based on this opening paragraph and other writings of the times, they said: We used to be happy and enjoy life here in these British colonies in North America.
We enjoyed our rights as Englishmen. Rights that dated back to the Magna Charta in 1215, which were affirmed in the British Bill of Rights of 1689.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
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Saturday, December 27, 2025
Pastor Miles to Newsmax: Christian Revival Is Surging
By Solange Reyner | Friday, 26 December 2025 06:49 PM EST
Pastor Lucas Miles told Newsmax on Friday that a powerful Christian revival is gaining momentum across the United States, with churches reporting dramatic increases in attendance and engagement as the new year approaches.
On "The Chris Salcedo Show," Miles, senior director of Turning Point USA Faith, said the growth is widespread and undeniable, driven by a renewed hunger for faith and biblical truth.
"We've seen a tremendous spike," he said.
"We work with about 9,500 churches at Turning Point USA Faith across the country, and we are receiving text messages and emails and phone calls from across our network — from pastors that are seeing the same kind of growth that I am."
According to Miles, many churches are reporting attendance increases of 25%, 35%, and even 50%, with some congregations doubling or tripling in size in a remarkably short time.
Pastor Lucas Miles told Newsmax on Friday that a powerful Christian revival is gaining momentum across the United States, with churches reporting dramatic increases in attendance and engagement as the new year approaches.
On "The Chris Salcedo Show," Miles, senior director of Turning Point USA Faith, said the growth is widespread and undeniable, driven by a renewed hunger for faith and biblical truth.
"We've seen a tremendous spike," he said.
"We work with about 9,500 churches at Turning Point USA Faith across the country, and we are receiving text messages and emails and phone calls from across our network — from pastors that are seeing the same kind of growth that I am."
According to Miles, many churches are reporting attendance increases of 25%, 35%, and even 50%, with some congregations doubling or tripling in size in a remarkably short time.
Wednesday, November 05, 2025
Tuesday, November 04, 2025
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Jesuit Education Could Bring Hope for Iraq's Future
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Jesuit Education Could Bring Hope for Iraq's Future
Dohuk University. University students in Dohuk City, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. (Sadık Güleç/Dreamstime.com)
Jesuit Education Could Bring Hope for Iraq's Future
Dohuk University. University students in Dohuk City, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. (Sadık Güleç/Dreamstime.com)
Friday, 10 October 2025 10:09 AM EDT
Between the Tigris River and Hope: A Father's Vision for Iraq's Future
We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
—Romans 8:28
The nightmare of my brother's assassination (in a car) in Baghdad, Iraq has never left me.
Like an interminable shadow, it hovers over me, pressing against my chest until I can hardly breathe. At times, I feel as though I am inside that crushed car with him, unable to escape.
When the news of his death reached us, I was at my family's home (in Baghdad).
The weight of it sank into the walls, into the silence that followed. A few days later, I felt obliged to go to the scene to see where his life had ended, to try to understand what had happened.
I've learned that the combination of grief and faith asks us to believe in something we cannot yet see — to quote St. Paul, "all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose," Romans 8:28.
Between the Tigris River and Hope: A Father's Vision for Iraq's Future
We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
—Romans 8:28
The nightmare of my brother's assassination (in a car) in Baghdad, Iraq has never left me.
Like an interminable shadow, it hovers over me, pressing against my chest until I can hardly breathe. At times, I feel as though I am inside that crushed car with him, unable to escape.
When the news of his death reached us, I was at my family's home (in Baghdad).
The weight of it sank into the walls, into the silence that followed. A few days later, I felt obliged to go to the scene to see where his life had ended, to try to understand what had happened.
I've learned that the combination of grief and faith asks us to believe in something we cannot yet see — to quote St. Paul, "all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose," Romans 8:28.
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