News tagged with respiratory symptoms
Common virus can lead to life-threatening conditions in children
(Medical Xpress) -- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common virus that infects the lungs and breathing passage ways. Though it may only produce minor cold symptoms in adults, it can lead to serious illness in young ...
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Mar 19, 2012 |
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Children exposed to cigarette smoke have increased risk of COPD in adulthood
A new study published in the journal Respirology reveals that children who are exposed to passive smoke have almost double the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood compared with non-ex ...
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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Coughing and other respiratory symptoms improve within weeks of smoking cessation
If the proven long-term benefits of smoking cessation are not enough to motivate young adults to stop smoking, a new study shows that 18- to 24-year olds who stop smoking for at least two weeks report substantially ...
Addiction
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Study: Lungs infected with plague bacteria also become playgrounds for other microbes
Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until ...
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Acid reflux drug does not improve asthma in children
Children without symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux whose asthma was being poorly controlled with anti-inflammatory treatment did not have an improvement in symptoms or lung function with the added treatment of the proton ...
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Jan 24, 2012 |
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Accelerated infant growth increases risk of future asthma symptoms in children
Accelerated growth in the first three months of life, but not fetal growth, is associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms in young children, according to a new study from The Generation R Study Group at Erasmus ...
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Jan 20, 2012 |
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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
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function are frequent and long-lasting after ALI
Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function were common and long-lasting during the first two years following acute lung injury (ALI), according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Depressive ...
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Dec 09, 2011 |
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Daily wheezing treatment no different from intermittent in toddlers
(Medical Xpress) -- Pediatricians often treat young children who have frequent bouts of wheezing with a daily dose of an inhaled steroid to keep asthma symptoms at bay. But results of a recent study are likely to change that.
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Nov 24, 2011 |
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CT scans for lung cancer screening may be beneficial in detecting COPD
Among men who were current or former heavy smokers, undergoing lung cancer screening with computed tomography (CT) scanning identified a substantial proportion who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), suggesting ...
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Oct 25, 2011 |
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Rare flu-like virus on the rise: US
A rare virus has killed three people and sickened nearly 100 in Japan, the Philippines, the United States and the Netherlands over the past two years, US health authorities said Friday.
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Sep 30, 2011 |
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Living in damp river valleys leads to lung problems
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A new study has shown that living in a river valley at low altitude can increase the risk of developing lung problems.
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Sep 23, 2011 |
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Pre-pregnancy overweight may program teen asthma symptoms
Mums who are overweight or obese when they become pregnant may be programming their children to have asthma-like respiratory symptoms during adolescence, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology an ...
Overweight and Obesity
Aug 16, 2011 |
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COPD patients with sense of humor feel better, but laughter may be bad for lungs
Having a sense of humor is associated with improved emotional functioning and an enhanced quality of life among patients with a chronic lung illness, but the actual act of laughing out loud can reduce lung function, at least ...
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Aug 02, 2011 |
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Researchers identify early biomarker for future atopy in asymptomatic children
The signs of atopy may be present long before symptoms begin, even in month-old babies, according to a new research study from Denmark. The study found that the level of urinary eosinophil protein-X (u-EPX), a marker of ...
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Jul 06, 2011 |
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