Prescribed opioids raise risk of pneumonia in patients with and without HIV
New Haven, Conn. -- Taking prescribed opioids raises the risk of pneumonia in individuals with and without HIV, a new ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
Patients now living a median 6.8 years after stage IV ALK+ lung cancer diagnosis
According to the National Cancer Institute, patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) between the years 1995 and 2001 ...
Phytochemistry, traditional uses and pharmacological profile of rose hip
This article by Dr. Amirhossein Sahebkar et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2018 The genus Rosa from family ...
Vitamin D intake and obesity in occupational asthma patients and need for supplementation
The article by Dr. Marina Ruxandra Otelea and Dr. Agripina Rascu is published in Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - ...
Yale experts treat severe, disfiguring sarcoidosis with novel therapy
New Haven, Conn. -- An all-Yale team of researchers successfully treated a patient with disfiguring sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that ...
Muscle atrophy among critically ill kids occurs within one week of mechanical ventilation
83 percent of children in small study experienced atrophy in at least one muscle groupCredit: Michael Shoykhet, M.D., Ph.D WASHINGTON-(Dec. ...
Potential therapeutic target for lung fibrosis identified
Medical University of South Carolina researchers have identified a promising therapeutic target for lung fibrosis; in lung fibrosis, lung tissue ...
CU Anschutz researchers discover important breakthrough in pulmonary fibrosis
Experimental findings support a connection between mucins in the lung and pulmonary fibrosis AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 18, 2018) - A ...
Vaccine using microneedle patch with RSV virus, immune-stimulating compound is effective against RSV
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Skin vaccination using a microneedle patch that contains the inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and a ...
Research to identify and target high blood pressure indicators
New research led by the University of Plymouth could identify how to target hypertension and other blood vessel problems -- ...
Vitamin C may reduce harm to infants' lungs caused by smoking during pregnancy
Helping mothers quit smoking should still be primary goalCredit: ATS Dec. 7, 2018--Vitamin C may reduce the harm done to ...
Memory B cells in the lung may be important for more effective influenza vaccinations
Up to now, it has not been clear if these cells might be useful to combat influenza infections or even ...
Uranium in mine dust could dissolve in human lungs
Credit: Eshani Hettiarachchi New Mexico contains hundreds of historic uranium mines. Although active uranium mining in the state has ceased, ...