http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new once-a-day inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline for patients with chronic lung disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-fda-once-a-day-inhaler-glaxo.html Medications Fri, 10 May 2013 13:20:01 EST news287408576 A panel of U.S. respiratory experts voted Wednesday in favor of approving an experimental inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance for treating chronic lung disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-panel-inhaler-drug-lung-disease.html Medications Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:00:11 EST news285435945 Almost four million people die each year from household air pollution (HAP) caused by exposure to the combustion of biomass fuels (wood, charcoal, crop residues, and dung), kerosene, or coal. These individuals are among the tens of millions who rely on such products to cook their meals, heat their rooms, and light their homes. Those in lower and middle income countries are among the hardest hit by the effects of HAP exposure, which also causes childhood respiratory infection, chronic lung disease, and cardiovascular disease. Exposure to biomass fuel is associated with low birth weight, asthma, and tuberculosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-deadly-effects-kinds-household-air.html Health Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:24:54 EST news284055808 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have made major discoveries that could lead to new treatments for lung disorders in premature babies. In a mouse study, the team located key molecules that switch on stress pathways in preterm lung disorders, and also found that when parts of these pathways were blocked with a pain drug, lung damage was prevented or reversed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-molecular-preterm-lung-disorders.html Medical research Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:53:04 EST news282977501 (AP)—A panel of federal health experts is overwhelmingly recommending approval for a long-acting inhaler to treat people suffering from chronic lung disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fda-panel-long-acting-boehringer-inhaler.html Medications Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:00:46 EST news278697626 Americans are in worse health, die earlier and suffer from more disease than residents of other wealthy nations, according to a new study out Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-americans-healthy.html Health Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:00:02 EST news276968576 On average, Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people in other high-income countries, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. The report finds that this health disadvantage exists at all ages from birth to age 75 and that even advantaged Americans—those who have health insurance, college educations, higher incomes, and healthy behaviors—appear to be sicker than their peers in other rich nations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-health-disadvantage-spans-age-socioeconomic.html Health Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:13:27 EST news276959599 New research from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has uncovered likely mechanisms for the link between arsenic in drinking water and increased risk of developing chronic lung disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-arsenic-linked-lung-disease.html Health Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:17:53 EST news274015061 Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have found that microscopic particles containing proteins and nucleic acids called exosomes could potentially protect the fragile lungs of premature babies from serious lung diseases and chronic lung injury caused by inflammation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-microscopic-packets-stem-cell-factors.html Medical research Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:36:24 EST news270920175 Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common inherited single gene diseases, with an incidence of 1 out of 3,000 newborns in central Europe. An EU study developed a novel gene therapy approach for improving fluid absorption in diseased airways. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-therapy-airway-hydration-status-cystic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:00:01 EST news267348408 New research from Norris Cotton Cancer Center estimates, for the first time, the impact of an R rating for movie smoking. James Sargent, MD, co-director of the Cancer Control Research Program at Norris Cotton Cancer Center, emphasizes that an R rating for any film showing smoking could substantially reduce smoking onset in U.S. adolescents -- an effect size similar to making all parents maximally authoritative in their parenting, Sargent says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-onset-teens.html Health Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:35:27 EST news261063307 Pioneering research in Southampton, using hi-tech 3D imaging, could improve the lives of those suffering from chronic lung disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-3d-imaging-lung-disease-patients.html Medical research Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:55:14 EST news251722501 The constant focus on customer needs that drives the design of everything from automobiles to personal computers has now been applied to a field traditionally immune to such concepts: the scientific study of disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-genomic-chronic-lung-disease-readily.html Genetics Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:43:35 EST news251653404 A new technique involving the use of an artificial scaffold into which a patient's own stem cells are inserted, turning it into a fully functional organ, could offer a potential solution to the donor shortage crisis, according to the second paper in this week's Lancet Series on stem cells. This pioneering approach to regenerating and transplanting organs requires no human donors, has no problems with rejection, and has no need for immunosuppressive drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-potential-solution-donor-shortage.html Medical research Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:30:04 EST news250445974 The two main ways to prevent and control influenza today are annual immunization and antiviral drugs. A team of investigators has found that statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs, may offer an additional treatment to complement these approaches and reduce mortality among patients hospitalized with influenza. The findings are published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and are now available online. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-statins-mortality-patients-hospitalized-influenza.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:50:02 EST news243059136 A new study published in the journal Respirology reveals that dust storms have an adverse effect on emergency hospital admission for chronic lung disease, often known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-storms-affect-subsequent-emergency-hospital.html Health Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:42:15 EST news242314927 National Jewish Health researchers are delving into the biology of biofeedback to understand how it helps asthma patients and what role it could play in reducing medication use for the chronic lung disease. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, they are evaluating two forms of biofeedback, based on controlling heart rate and specific brain waves, and assessing their impact on inflammation in the lungs and the ‘twitchiness” of asthma patients’ airways. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-biofeedback-asthma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:50:05 EST news241170573 A cardiac condition called atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia, can increase your risk of stroke by 500 percent. That's why Anne B. Curtis, MD, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair of the University at Buffalo Department of Medicine, is helping to raise public awareness of the condition during September through the Heart Rhythm Society's AF Awareness Month. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-big-factor.html Sleep apnea Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:12:33 EST news235311132 A new risk prediction tool can identify patients at high risk of serious blood clots (known as venous thromboembolism) who might need preventative treatment, says a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-score-patients-high-blood-clots.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:35:17 EST news232774480 Modifying stomach acid levels may not be enough to treat symptoms in neonates suspected of having gastroesophageal reflux disease. According to a study from Nationwide Children's Hospital, this is the first study to classify reflux and its associated symptoms in neonates based on how and what is refluxed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-symptoms-characteristics-acid-reflux-neonates.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:10:20 EST news232026050 Guidelines that reduce the use of mechanical ventilation with premature infants in favor of a gentler form of respiratory support can profoundly affect those children's outcomes while reducing the cost of care, according to a team of researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-guidelines-ventilator-premature-infants-easier.html Other Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:07:27 EST news227182022 Researchers have linked a variant in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) with the onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Caucasian men. The study population consisted of participants in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study, a multidisciplinary study of aging that began in 1963. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-gene-variant-linked-copd-men.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 16 May 2011 03:32:39 EST news224735516