Christopher Chesley, MD, is the 2021 ATS Fellowship in Health Equality award winner
Credit: ATS June 08, 2021 - Christopher Chesley, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania has been named the 2021 ATS ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
A novel tuberculosis regimen shortens treatment course for patients
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and elsewhere find a new antibiotic regimen that shortens the treatment course ...
Is elevated level of lung protein an early predictor for COPD?
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, discovered MUC5AC is more reliably associated with the manifestation of ...
Study evaluates the filtration efficacy of 227 commercially available face masks in Brazil
Models for professional use were the most effective at retaining aerosol particles of a size equivalent to the novel coronavirus, ...
New study reveals how smoking during puberty can cause negative consequences in offspring
No Smoking Day 2021Credit: Eivind Senneset Smoking in early puberty in boys may have negative consequences for their future generations ...
Antibiotics no help for mysterious lung-scarring disease, large trial finds
Credit: UVA Health Doctors have hoped that antibiotics could benefit patients with chronic lung diseases, but a new study has ...
Air quality improved during India lockdown, study shows
Credit: Environmental Research Research by scientists from University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has ...
Rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus during COVID-19 quarantine period
The article by Dr. Michael L. Tee and colleagues is published in The Open Rheumatology Journal, 2021Credit: Dr. Michael L. ...
Helping doctors manage COVID-19
New tool uses AI technology to assess the severity of lung infections and inform treatmentCredit: University of Waterloo Artificial intelligence ...
Ultra-low doses of inhaled nanobodies effective against COVID-19 in hamsters
Credit: Nambulli et al., Science Advances PITTSBURGH, May 26, 2021 - In a paper published today in Science Advances, researchers ...
New AI technology protects privacy
Medical diagnostics algorithm identifies pneumonia in paediatric x-ray imagesCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Digital medicine is opening up entirely new ...
ATS/Mallinckrodt Research Grant on COVID-19 in underrepresented minorities awarded
Credit: ATS (New York, NY) - May 25, 2021 - Neelima Navuluri, MD, of Duke University has been awarded the ...
Nanofiber filter captures almost 100% of coronavirus aerosols
The filter could help curb airborne spread of COVID-19 virusCredit: Yun Shen A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three ...
AI predicts lung cancer risk
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - An artificial intelligence (AI) program accurately predicts the risk that ...
Ventilating the rectum to support respiration
Credit: Institute of Research,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Oxygen is crucial to many forms of life. Its delivery to the organs ...
No lasting benefit to tubes over antibiotics for childhood ear infections
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 12, 2021 - There is no long-term benefit to surgically placing tympanostomy tubes in a young ...
Artificial intelligence tool uses chest X-ray to differentiate worst cases of COVID-19
Credit: CREDIT Courtesy of Nature Publishing or npj Digital Medicine Trained to see patterns by analyzing thousands of chest X-rays, ...
New study determines cystic fibrosis therapy is safe and effective for young children
Children two to five years of age can benefit from lumacaftor/ivacaftor treatment for up to 120 weeksCredit: Children's Hospital Colorado ...
Molecular analysis identifies key differences in lungs of cystic fibrosis patients
Researchers' catalog of airway cell types could reveal targets for future genetic therapiesCredit: Image courtesy of Nature Medicine LOS ANGELES ...
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial results show efficacy against the B.1.351 variant in SA study
Results from the initial primary analysis of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial conducted by Wits VIDA in SA have been ...