In the news

• Patient organisation round up and goals for the year: January 2020
• E-cigarette user found to have rare form of lung scarring typically found in metal workers European Respiratory Society warns against vaping for smoking cessation
• Sleep apnoea is linked to a higher risk of atherosclerosis

• For the first Patient Organisation Round-up of 2020, we asked patient organisations to share their recent news as well as their plans and goals for the year ahead.
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• Researchers studying a patient with a rare lung disease called hard-metal pneumoconiosis say the disease was probably caused by vaping.
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• Sleep apnoea could be linked to an increased risk of atherosclerosis, new research in the European Respiratory Journal suggests.
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