OSA patients with excessive daytime sleepiness at greatest risk of cardiovascular disease
Credit: ATS Feb. 15, 2019--Adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who experience excessive sleepiness while awake appear to be at ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
Electronic tool has potential to improve asthma care, study finds
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, ONTARIO, February 14, 2019 - A new electronic decision support tool for managing asthma has ...
New assay selects patients with lung cancer for treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Molecular analysis of small, unfixed tissue samples collected using minimally invasive bronchoscopy can identify individuals with malignant disease and yield ...
Changes in lung cells seen almost immediately after contact with low-molecular weight PAHs
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It is well known that exposure to high-molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) increases ...
Connection between home energy efficiency and respiratory health in low-income homes
New study finds people living in drafty homes in low-income, urban communities are at a higher risk of respiratory health ...
New heated tobacco device causes same damage to lung cells as e-cigs and smoking
A new study that directly compares new heated tobacco devices with vaping and traditional cigarettes shows that all three are ...
Adenoid and tonsil trouble for teens
Credit: Department of Orthodontic Science,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - In the most thorough longitudinal study performed to date, X-ray images of ...
Researchers develop human cell-based model to study small cell lung cancer
Credit: Chen et al., 2019 Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have used human embryonic stem cells to create a new ...
The American College of Chest Physicians updates guidelines on PAH
Glenview, Illinois - The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) announced the publication of updates to the evidence-based guidelines on ...
Drug-resistant tuberculosis: High mortality rate due to inaccurate tests
Credit: Courtesy of Kathrin Zuercher Around ten million people around the world develop tuberculosis every year and 1.5 million people ...
Vitamin D helps treat lethal drug-resistant TB
Vitamin D has been found to speed up the clearance of tuberculosis (TB) bacteria from the lungs of people with ...
New clues discovered to lung transplant rejection
Points toward treatment to prevent a particularly deadly form of rejection A lung transplant often remains the only option for ...
ATS publishes new clinical guideline on home oxygen for children
Credit: ATS Feb. 1, 2019--The American Thoracic Society has developed a new clinical practice guideline for home oxygen therapy for ...
Researchers breathe new life into COPD research using mouse models
Credit: Department of Immune Regulation,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers have shown in mice that immune cells called ...
Multichannel bioreactor for lung regeneration analysis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 28, 2019-New strides are being made toward the ex vivo ...
Anti-flu antibodies can inhibit two different viral proteins, NIH study reveals
Credit: Kosik et al., 2019 Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered that antibodies that may form the ...
Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in teens, young adults
Credit: ATS Jan. 22, 2019--Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in adolescents and young adults with uncontrolled ...
Cystic fibrosis drug combo found safe and effective for 2- to 5-year-olds
Earlier treatment with lumacaftor/ivacaftor could arrest progression of cystic fibrosis, even reverse pancreatic damage An open label Phase 3 study ...
Free lung cancer screening program builds valuable relationships with patients
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Augusta, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2019) - A free, simple screening for lung cancer ...
Two MUSC rheumatologists receive prestigious awards from American College of Rheumatology
Gary S. Gilkeson, M.D., of the Medical University of South Carolina was awarded the American College of Rheumatology's Master's Designation, ...
