Countries with early adoption of face masks showed modest COVID-19 infection rates
Credit: ATS June 24, 2020 - Regions with an early interest in face masks had milder COVID-19 epidemics, according to ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
Brazilian scientists develop COVID-19 accelerometer
Online application shows in real time whether the disease is spreading faster or slower in over 200 countries and helps ...
New article clarifies details of COVID-19 respiratory transmission
Credit: ATS June 22, 2020-- In a new article, scientists provide an exhaustive, evidence-based review of how COVID-19 droplets from ...
AJR: Chest CT can distinguish negative from positive lab results for COVID-19
CT of patient cohort with negative initial nucleic acid test results less likely to indicate pulmonary consolidation (p Credit: American ...
Silicosis: Ominous resurgence of an occupational lung condition reported
New research in the journal CHEST sounds an alarm about long-term health consequences, including massive pulmonary fibrosis, for workers who ...
New technical approach can enhance diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
Molecular analysis may facilitate targeted treatment by differentiating underlying conditions affecting pulmonary arteries and veins, report scientists in The American ...
Magnetic guidance improves stem cells’ ability to treat occupational lung disease
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) may point ...
Nation must prepare for COVID-19 related drug shortages
Credit: ATS June 11, 2020-- A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the ...
Learning from history to fight against COVID-19
Grant awarded to MU researchers looks for similarities, differences between 1918 flu pandemic and COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Image courtesy of The ...
Biohybrid model uses organic lungs, synthetic muscles to re-create respiration mechanics
A benchtop model consisting of real lungs, artificial muscles and a diaphragm made of thermoplastic and elastometric material re-creates the ...
A newly discovered disease may lead to better treatment of cystic fibrosis
Better understand cystic fibrosis / Study in 'Journal of Medical Genetics'Credit: J. Park et al. 2020/ Journal of Medical Genetics ...
Largest ever study of radiosurgery for brain metastases from small cell lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The international First-line Radiosurgery for Small-Cell Lung Cancer (FIRE-SCLC) analysis led by University of ...
High uric acid levels benefit women’s lungs in aging and disease
Credit: Dr. Tsuyoshi Shuto Researchers at Kumamoto University in Japan have discovered that uric acid, an antioxidant, protects against declining ...
High blood pressure linked to increased risk of dying from COVID-19
Credit: European Heart Journal Patients with raised blood pressure have a two-fold increased risk of dying from the coronavirus COVID-19 ...
International study approaches new therapeutic strategies for lung cancer
Recently published in Nature Communications, the study advances in the evolution of resistance to different tumor inhibitors with a view ...
Scientists aim gene-targeting breakthrough against COVID-19
Cellular delivery system developed at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry could be missing link in battle against SARS-CoV-2Credit: R.N. Zuckermann A ...
Pulmonary embolism and COVID-19
Early detection led to swifter treatment, researchers sayCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Researchers at Henry Ford Health System ...
Researchers map SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells of nasal cavity, bronchia, lungs
Major study of coronavirus infection in human airways adds to evidence that wearing a mask is an important protective step ...
COVID-19 should be treated as a thrombotic disease, Brazilian pulmonologist argues
Dr. Elnara Negri, who works in São Paulo City at the largest hospital complex in Latin America, advocates the use ...
Humans have beneficial bacteria uniquely adapted for life in our noses
Credit: De Boeck et al. / Cell Reports Beneficial strains of bacteria residing in our guts, genital tracts, and skin ...