Sleep disorders
Study offers treatment hope for sleep disordered breathing
People with a condition that causes them to stop breathing in their sleep could be helped by new research.
Feb 10, 2016
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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Cardiology
Sepsis tied to higher post-discharge mortality risk
(HealthDay)—Sepsis survivors have a substantially increased risk of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events after discharge, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in the American Journal of Respiratory ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Health
Five-year mortality, costs up for ICU survivors
(HealthDay)—Intensive care unit (ICU) patients surviving to hospital discharge have higher five-year mortality and hospital resource use than hospital controls, according to a study published online Jan. 27 in the American ...
Feb 5, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Most internet resources for IPF are inaccurate, incomplete and outdated
After evaluating content on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on almost 200 websites, researchers with medical backgrounds found that the information on IPF from these sites was often incomplete, inaccurate and outdated. The ...
Feb 5, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Most commonly used TB test fails to accurately diagnose pregnant HIV positive women
New research finds that the most commonly used test for tuberculosis fails to accurately diagnose TB in up to 50 percent of pregnant women who are HIV+. The research published early online in the American Thoracic Society's ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Inhibition of mTOR restores corticosteroid sensitivity in COPD
(HealthDay)—Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) by rapamycin restores corticosteroid sensitivity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published in the Jan. 15 ...
Jan 23, 2016
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Health
Long-term exposure to ozone may increase lung and cardiovascular deaths
Adults with long-term exposure to ozone (O3) face an increased risk of dying from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, according to the study "Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality in a Large Prospective Study" published ...
Jan 20, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The cellular protein shredder is impaired by cigarette smoke and in COPD patients
Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München, together with an international team and colleagues from the University Hospital of the University Munich (LMU) and the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), have shown for the first ...
Jan 13, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Veterans and civilian patients at risk of ICU-related PTSD up to a year post discharge
One in ten patients is at risk of having new post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to their ICU experience up to a year post-discharge. This was the finding from a multicenter, prospective cohort research study of ...
Jan 7, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long-term ozone exposure increases ards risks in critically ill
Critically ill patients who are exposed to higher daily levels of ozone are more likely to develop acute respiratory disease syndrome (ARDS), according to a new study published online ahead of print in the American Thoracic ...
Jan 7, 2016
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