Goal-setting and positive parent-child relationships reduce risk of youth vaping
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, July 26, 2021 - Adolescents who set goals for their future and those with strong parental support ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
Advantages of intranasal vaccination against SARS-CoV-2
Intranasal vaccination is needle-free and elicits immunity at the site of infection, the respiratory tractCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - There ...
Featured articles from the journal CHEST®, July 2021
Credit: González Gutiérrez J., et al, Journal CHEST® Glenview, Ill. - Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original ...
Less-sensitive COVID-19 tests may still achieve optimal results if enough people tested
Analysis suggests same epidemiological outcomes possible with rapid-antigen versus RT-PCR testsCredit: Philip Cherian, Sandeep Krishna and Gautam Menon, 2021, PLOS ...
FDA approves Octapharma’s Octagam® 10% for adult dermatomyositis
FDA approval based on positive results of international, multi-center ProDERM studyCredit: Octapharma PARAMUS, N.J. - The U.S. Food and Drug ...
A breath of fresh air for emphysema research
Credit: Department of Immune Regulation,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes illness and death worldwide. It is ...
Firefighters found to have persistent lung damage from Fort McMurray wildfire
Risk of developing asthma is more than doubled, says University of Alberta occupational health researcher who used the same parameters ...
A small molecule induces readthrough of cystic fibrosis CFTR nonsense mutations
This research suggests that a path to treat currently untreatable cases of cystic fibrosis is clearly achievable.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...
Launch of UNITE4TB partnership marks a new era in Tuberculosis treatment development
The partnership will accelerate the development of new Tuberculosis (TB) drug regimens as part of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), ...
The cells combating a deadly lung disease
A subset of fibroblasts located in small foci of tissue on the edges of extensive scarring produce a protein that ...
Scientists identify new gut-liver drug recycling process
Implications for developing treatments for intestinal diseasesCredit: University of Houston A team of University of Houston pharmaceutical researchers is reporting ...
Short chain fatty acids: An ‘ace in the hole’ against SARS-CoV-2 infection
Scientists find that short chain fatty acids can be used to reduce susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality from COVID-19Credit: ...
Allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on health and socioeconomics could reduce mortality
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factorsCredit: Kandula S and Shaman J, 2021, PLOS Medicine COVID-19 ...
COVID-19 ARDS focus of latest ATS/CSL Behring research grant recipient
Credit: ATS New York, NY - July 13, 2021- The ATS Research Program is pleased to announce that William Zhang, ...
Dr. Anthony Shum receives ATS Research Program/chILD Foundation Partner grant
Credit: ATS (July 12, 2021) -- The ATS Research Program and the chILD Foundation have awarded Anthony Shum, MD, of ...
The incidence of COVID-19 in a Brazilian regional soccer league is one of the highest
Researchers analyzed almost 30,000 RT-PCR tests on swabs from 4,269 players in 2020: 11.7% turned out positive; the rate was ...
Reduced vs. standard CT dose for lung nodules in children, young adults with cancer
Reduced-dose CT depicts greater than 90% of lung nodules in children and young adults with cancer, identifying the presence of ...
Dr. Jessica Blackburn awarded ATS/GSK research grant in obstructive lung disease
Credit: ATS July 08, 2021 - Today, the ATS Research Program announced that Jessica Blackburn, PhD, of Vanderbilt University has ...
Children’s Hospital Colorado one of 7 US children’s hospitals driving asthma research
NIH awards $2.3 million to Colorado to support first long-term pediatric asthma study in emergency department patients experiencing asthma symptomsCredit: ...
Novel coronavirus infects and replicates in salivary gland cells
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo suggests that tissues specializing in saliva production and secretion serve as ...
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