Later school start times significantly reduce teen driving accidents
A new study to be presented at CHEST Congress 2019 Thailand in Bangkok shows a significant decrease in teen driving ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
Lung cancer treatments vary among the Asian communities
A study from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, sought to examine possible health disparities in the ...
ATS Foundation/Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. research fellowship in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
(New York, NY) - April 8, 2019 - Paul Andrew Reyfman, MD, MS, of Northwestern University has been awarded the ...
Scientists review influenza vaccine research progress and opportunities
Credit: NIAID In a new series of articles, experts in immunology, virology, epidemiology, and vaccine development detail efforts to improve ...
Mass. General study provides insight into use of critical care resources
No difference in outcomes detected between patients receiving noninvasive ventilation in intensive care units or on general medical units A ...
Pediatric telemedicine visits may increase antibiotic overprescribing
PITTSBURGH, April 8, 2019 - Children with acute respiratory infections were prescribed antibiotics more often during direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits than ...
Common virus linked to faster disease progression in cystic fibrosis
A new study has found that cystic fibrosis patients who have a common virus may experience faster disease progression than ...
Australian research uncovers link between dietary fiber and lung disease
Dietary fiber found to protect against COPD Dietary fibre may be a new tool in the prevention of progressive lung ...
Lung disease bronchiectasis associated with high frequency of allergy
Credit: NTU Singapore An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that patients with ...
Hepatitis C-infected hearts and lungs safely transplanted
Team prevents transmission of virus, reports good outcomes at 6 months for 35-of-35 thoracic organ recipients Boston, MA -- Infectious ...
AACR 2019: Tarloxotinib promising against NRG1-fusion cancers
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A study by University of Colorado Cancer Center and Rain Therapeutics, Inc. presented at ...
Data from two KEYNOTE trials show pembrolizumab benefited patients with advanced SCLC
ATLANTA -- The anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda) showed promising antitumor activity with durable responses in patients with pretreated, advanced ...
New evidence on the association of shortened sleep time and obstructive sleep apnea with sleepiness and cardiometabolic risk factors
Obstructive sleep apnea and short sleep duration have distinct clinical impacts; clinicians should avoid a 'one-size-fits-all' approach through proper diagnosis ...
Adding savolitinib to osimertinib beneficial for certain pretreated lung cancer patients
ATLANTA -- Adding the investigational MET inhibitor savolitinib to the EGFR inhibitor osimertinib (Tagrisso) yielded clinical responses in patients who ...
Poor lung function in shorter people linked to increased risk of heart disease
Results from a study led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London has found that an association between shorter ...
Dr. Lauren Ferrante, critical care expert, becomes inaugural Hurria awardee at #AGS19
Credit: (C) 2019. American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation today conferred ...
Dramatic housing transformation in sub-Saharan Africa revealed for first time
Improved housing estimated to have doubled between 2000 and 2015 but nearly 50 percent of the urban population still living ...
$6.1 million in grants pave way for TGen-led studies of deadly lung diseases
50,000 US patients annually diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March 27, 2019 -- The Translational Genomics Research ...
Researchers beginning to uncover the mystery of hagfish’s zombie heartsÂ
University of Guelph researchers have uncovered clues as to how hagfish keep their hearts pumping for days without oxygenCredit: University ...
VUMC and TGen receive $6.1 million in grants to study deadly lung disease
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, along with Vanderbilt ...