Medications
Inhaled statins show promise as effective asthma treatment
Statins are a class of drugs commonly used to lower bad cholesterol, but can they also treat obstructive airway diseases, such as asthma?
Dec 20, 2023
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Oncology & Cancer
Perspective on management of LDCT findings on low-dose computed tomography examinations for lung cancer screening
Annual low-dose CT screening has been recently shown to result in high cure rates of over 80%, but methods of conducting a lung cancer screening program vary and best practices have yet to emerge.
Dec 20, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Beetroot juice supplement found to lower blood pressure, improve exercise capacity in people with COPD
A 12-week course of daily beetroot juice supplement for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) lowered blood pressure and improved how far patients could walk in six minutes in research published in the ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Immunology
Research shows immune cells shape lung tissue before birth, provides new avenues for treating respiratory diseases
Immune cells play an active and intimate role in directing the growth of human lung tissue during development, researchers find, revolutionizing our understanding of early lung development and the role of immune cells outside ...
Dec 15, 2023
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Health informatics
Analysis finds US female gun violence victims less likely to die than male victims, despite same injury severity
Female victims of gun violence in the US are less likely to die than their male counterparts, despite having similar injury severity, finds a seven-year analysis of a US national injury database, published in the open access ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Ophthalmology
Researchers find promising candidate to treat irreversible lung and eye diseases in extremely premature infants
Novel findings reported in The American Journal of Pathology implicate granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in both bronchopulmonary dysplasia and retinopathy in premature babies
Dec 11, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Even small amounts of physical activity could be valuable in late-stage lung cancer
Lung cancer kills more people globally each year than any other type of cancer, however new Curtin University-led research has found less than five minutes of daily physical activity could be linked with prolonged life in ...
Dec 8, 2023
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Health
Complications from flu largely preventable with annual flu vaccine
During National Influenza Vaccination Week (December 4-8, 2023), leading public health organizations are encouraging everyone to get a flu shot if they have not already done so. The flu is more than an inconvenience: it can ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Developing models that predict poor clinical outcome in COVID-19 patients
Using basic information on 380,081 patients in the Basque Autonomous Community infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, collaboration between mathematicians from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and medical staff from ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Physical activity inversely tied to COPD symptom burden
Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) is inversely associated with symptom burden in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study recently published online in Chronic ...
Nov 15, 2023
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