TU Graz develops screening system for lung sound analysis
The prototype of a lung sound recording system developed at TU Graz (Austria) allows high-quality recordings of lung sounds, which ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
Doctors use existing treatment earlier to save the lives of Covid-19 patients
Credit: Lancaster University The lives of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are being saved by doctors who are using an existing ...
COVID-19 vaccine candidate tested preclinically at UAB nears first clinical test in people
Maryland-based Altimmune Inc. has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a ...
Animal-free method predicts nanoparticle toxicity for safer industrial materials
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München Our lungs are exposed to a multitude of hazardous airborne particles on a daily basis. Nanoparticles, ...
Study: COVID-19 infection combined with blood clots worsen patient outcomes
Researchers at UC San Diego Health connect blood clots to an increased risk of death from COVID-19Credit: UC San Diego ...
Adipose tissue may be the source of inflammatory factors that aggravate COVID-19
Preliminary results of patient tissue analysis show that the virus infects adipocytes and alters the quantity of signaling molecules released ...
Antibody cocktails at low doses could be more effective at treating COVID-19
Credit: University of North Carolina/Megan May Pairs of antibodies may be more effective than single antibodies at preventing and treating ...
Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Cell Stem Cell UCLA researchers using a model of airway tissue created from human ...
One step for fibrosis, one giant leap for scleroderma
Lysyl oxidase plays several important roles in promoting fibrosis in patients with scleroderma and is a potential biomarker of treatment ...
Two anti-inflammatory compounds shown to be capable of accelerating recovery from COVID-19
Monoclonal antibody tested by researchers at University of São Paulo and experimental drug given to patients in Italy by University ...
Lung ultrasound training to help rural emergency medicine providers diagnose COVID-19
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson-led tele-ultrasound training program for lung point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) will enable rural ...
CHEST Foundation/ATS award first research grant in COVID and Diversity
Credit: ATS Nov. 11, 2020 - Peter Jackson, MD, of Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named the first recipient of ...
Targeted therapies developed to reduce lung fibrosis
Credit: Philip Low/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new treatment option for lung fibrosis is being developed by Purdue ...
Implantable sensor could measure bodily functions — and then safely biodegrade
Credit: Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sensors that monitor a patient's condition during and after medical procedures can be ...
USask launches first study on effects of smoked cannabis on brain development
Credit: Robert Laprairie/USask SASKATOON - University of Saskatchewan (USask) pharmacologist Robert Laprairie will use a Brain Canada research grant to ...
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle biopsy excellent for small pleural lesions diagnosis
US-guided PCPNB is highly likely to be diagnostic for small pleural lesions with nodular morphology on CT or US, or ...
LSU health team wins Best 2020 Radiology Image award
Credit: Schachner & Spieler - LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - AuntMinnie.com awarded Bradley Spieler, MD, Vice Chairman ...
USask researchers find face masks don’t hinder breathing during exercise
Credit: John Ko SASKATOON - A new University of Saskatchewan (USask) study has found that exercise performance and blood and ...
Promising therapeutic approach against COPD
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München More than 250 million people suffer from COPD, a progressive inflammatory lung disease. On the list ...
Unraveling the genetic determinants of small vessel vasculitis
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have shown that TERT and DSP gene variants, which increase risk for idiopathic pulmonary ...