News tagged with respiratory disorders


Simponi approved for ulcerative colitis

(HealthDay)—Simponi (golimumab) injection has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis.

Medications created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers target physiological factors that lead to asthma attack

A new study that identifies ways to reduce the factors that lead to an asthma attack gives hope to asthma sufferers. A UCSF researcher and his colleagues believe they have found a way to help asthma sufferers by impeding ...

Inflammatory disorders created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify new gene that influences survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A team of scientists, including faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), have discovered a gene that influences survival time in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). ...

Genetics created Aug 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transplanted neural stem cells treat ALS in mouse model

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is untreatable and fatal. Nerve cells in the spinal cord die, eventually taking away a person's ability to move or even breathe. A ...

Medical research created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bariatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea fail to show symptoms

A Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that the majority of bariatric surgery patients being treated for obesity have clinically significant obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but report fewer symptoms than other sleep ...

Sleep apnea created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lung regeneration closer to reality with new discovery

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College say they have taken an important step forward in their quest to "turn on" lung regeneration -- an advance that could effectively treat millions of people suffering from respiratory ...

Medical research created Oct 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Kids with neurological conditions at higher risk of flu death: CDC

(HealthDay)—Children with neurologic disorders such as cerebral palsy, intellectual disability or epilepsy are at increased risk of dying from flu, a new study says.

Pediatrics created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antidepressants and pregnancy: Women must consider the impact of drugs on baby, and of depression on baby, themselves

Upon learning they are pregnant, most women dutifully nix the alcohol, sushi and caffeine. But what about antidepressants?

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleep apnea may offer unusual protection for heart attack patients

(Medical Xpress)—People who suffer from breathing disorders such as sleep apnea are usually at higher risk for cardiovascular disease. But an intriguing new study from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology scientists ...

Sleep apnea created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Azithromycin may provide benefit for treatment of respiratory disorder

Among patients with the lung disorder non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, treatment with the antibiotic azithromycin resulted in improvement in symptoms but also increased the risk of antibiotic resistance, according to a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fulyzaq approved for ART-related diarrhea in HIV/AIDS

(HealthDay)—The first medication to treat diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS who take antiretroviral drugs has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Medications created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New treatment shows promise for kids with life-threatening bone disorder

Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, working with Shriners Hospital for Children and other institutions, have identified a promising new treatment for a rare and sometimes life-threatening ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

People with mood disorders are more likely to be re-hospitalized

People with serious mental illness (SMI), such as bipolar and major depressive disorders, have increased mortality and physical illness and use greater health care resources than people without mood disorders.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human genetics study identifies the most common cause of ALS and dementia

A team led by scientists from Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health has discovered a new genetic mutation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and a related disease called frontotemporal dementia (FTD) that ...

Neuroscience created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study of WTC responders: PTSD and respiratory illness linked

(Medical Xpress) -- More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a research team led by Benjamin ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1