News tagged with lung
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Rubella in pregnancy rare in US, but can be devastating for baby
(HealthDay)—Although rare in the United States, three babies with birth defects caused by rubella (or "German measles") were reported in 2012 and doctors need to be on the lookout for such cases, a new ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Energy-efficient homes trap air pollution indoors, may contribute to rise in asthma rates
In an effort to protect the environment and save on energy costs, we are in the midst of a "green" home boom in this country. Between remodeling older houses and building new ones, it's estimated that millions of American ...
Health
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Critically ill flu patients saved with artificial lung technology treatment
In recent weeks the intensive critical care units at University Health Network's Toronto General Hospital have used Extra Corporeal Lung Support (ECLS) to support five influenza (flu) patients in their recovery from severe ...
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Jan 17, 2013 |
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Study suggests lung cancer mortality highest in black persons living in most segregated counties
Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status, according to a report published in the January ...
Cancer
Jan 16, 2013 |
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ERCC1 not effective for guiding therapeutic decisions
(HealthDay)—Currently available antibodies for the excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) protein are not adequate for therapeutic decision-making regarding the potential efficacy of cisplatin-containing ...
Cancer
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Misregulated genes common to tobacco-related cancers offer potential new prognostic tool
Believe it or not, while researchers have explored which genes are mutated in each type of tobacco-associated cancer, until now no one had thought to look across these types for common genes that might predict patient outcomes. ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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New marker of drug response may speed pace of lung cancer prevention trials
Testing medicines to prevent lung cancer requires treating many thousands of high-risk individuals and then waiting 5, 10 or 15 years to discover which of them develop cancer and which, if any, experience survival benefit ...
Cancer
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Study finds that people with cystic fibrosis who live in deprived areas have worse health
A study by the University of Liverpool has found that people with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) who live in deprived areas have worse growth and lung function than people living in more advantaged areas.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Tall and thin not so great for lung disease
Tall, thin women face a greater risk of infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), cousins of the organism that causes tuberculosis, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. Women with NTM infections also ...
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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UCLA performs first 'breathing lung' transplant in US
First there was the "heart in a box," a revolutionary experimental technology that allows donor hearts to be delivered to transplant recipients warm and beating rather than frozen in an ice cooler.
Surgery
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Potential new treatment for gastrointestinal cancers discovered
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have identified a complex of proteins that promotes the growth of some types of colon and gastric cancers, and shown that medications that block the function of this complex ...
Cancer
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Evidence that respiratory exercises before heart surgery can prevent pneumonia
Patients who practice respiratory physical therapy exercises before elective cardiac surgery may reduce serious pulmonary complications later, finds a new evidence review from The Cochrane Library.
Cardiology
Nov 14, 2012 |
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Impaired blood vessel function found in cystic fibrosis patients
The first evidence of blood vessel dysfunction has been found in a small cohort of generally healthy young people with cystic fibrosis, researchers report.
Medical research
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Successful pregnancy outcomes in women with cystic fibrosis
(HealthDay)—Women with cystic fibrosis (CF) can have successful pregnancies, according to research published online Nov. 12 in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Researchers report first success of targeted therapy in most common non-small cell lung cancer
A new study by an international team of investigators led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists is the first to demonstrate that chemotherapy and a new, targeted therapy work better in combination than chemotherapy alone ...
Cancer
Nov 28, 2012 |
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