Health
Exercise reduces risk of airway disease
Exercise appears to reduce the long-term risk of bronchiectasis, a potentially serious disease of the airways, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.
Apr 27, 2021
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Quinn on Nutrition: Nutrition for lung disease
My sister started smoking in her early 20s. She thought it would help her lose weight. Knowingly or unknowingly, that decision opened the door for her lifelong battle with cigarette addiction. Years later, when she was diagnosed ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Air pollution may affect severity and hospitalization in COVID-19 patients with respiratory disease
Patients who have preexisting respiratory conditions such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and live in areas with high levels of air pollution have a greater chance of hospitalization if they contract ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Medical research
Amoeba biology reveals potential treatment target for lung disease
In a series of experiments that began with amoebas—single-celled organisms that extend podlike appendages to move around—Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have identified a genetic pathway that could be activated ...
Apr 13, 2021
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Medical research
Fungi are present in your lungs
The lungs were for a long time considered to be sterile in health, while in diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) failure in immune mechanisms were thought to allow microorganisms to proliferate and persist. ...
Apr 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chest CT illuminates mortality risk in people with COPD
Body composition information derived from routine chest CTs can provide important information on the overall health of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including their risk of all-cause mortality, ...
Apr 6, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In pandemic, potentially avoidable hospitalizations for non-COVID conditions fell more among whites
During the first six months of the pandemic, as people attempted to stay away from hospitals caring for those sick with COVID-19, potentially avoidable hospitalizations for non-COVID-19-related conditions fell far more among ...
Mar 19, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immune cell implicated in development of lung disease following viral infection
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have implicated a type of immune cell in the development of chronic lung disease that sometimes is triggered following a respiratory viral infection. The ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Health
Tropical cyclone exposure linked to rise in hospitalizations from many causes for older adults
An increase in overall hospitalizations was reported for older adults in the week following exposure to a tropical cyclone, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Paper addresses research needed to understand smoking and COVID-19
A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society discusses how smoking may affect risk for COVID-19 and the types of research that are needed to better understand the link between smoking and COVID-19 ...
Mar 1, 2021
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