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Respiratory symptoms in people with COPD worsen when walking in areas with high levels of black carbon
Physical activity, particularly walking, is a common recommendation for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, carrying out this activity in polluted areas may increase exposure to airborne contaminants. ...
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Quartz countertops are driving a public health crisis in the US
If you walk into a Costco, Home Depot or Lowe's and order a countertop for your kitchen renovation, the store will likely contract with a local fabrication shop, instructing it to make one from a material called engineered ...
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Delivering better care for premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a common, chronic respiratory condition that occurs in premature newborns with underdeveloped lungs. BPD can affect growth and/or neurodevelopment and is sometimes fatal. Early, personalized ...
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Vaping helps some people ditch cigarettes but may come with its own lung cancer risk
Vapes or e-cigarettes were marketed as a safer, smokeless alternative to traditional cigarettes and even promoted as a tool to help smokers quit. Their fruity flavors and sleek designs further reinforced the perception that ...
Scientists engineer personalized cartilage graft for infants with life-threatening airway narrowing
A study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrates a new method of using decellularized cartilage with patient-specific cells to help enlarge pediatric airways narrowed as a result of severe ...
Jun 17, 2026
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AI tool outperforms existing methods for identifying severe childhood pneumonia
Pneumonia remains the leading infectious cause of death among children under 5 worldwide, claiming almost 1 million lives each year. Researchers at University College Dublin have developed an artificial intelligence tool ...
Jun 17, 2026
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How do financial conflicts of interest influence medical prescribing practices?
Financial relationships between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry have long raised important questions about how these interactions may influence clinical decision-making, prescribing behavior and health care spending.
Jun 16, 2026
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Asthma attacks reshape airway tissue through mechanical stress, lung-on-a-chip reveals
About 25 million people in the U.S.—roughly eight out of 100—are diagnosed with asthma. Allergens, air pollution, extreme weather conditions and other irritants can cause chronic lung inflammation, leading to coughing, wheezing ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Targeting delivery to the lungs: Inhaled vitamin D could be new strategy
People with chronic lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and cystic fibrosis tend to have low vitamin D levels, and these low levels are linked to worse respiratory health outcomes. This ...
Jun 15, 2026
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How parents can talk to their kids about vaping as FDA authorizes some flavored e-cigarettes
Ricky Resendez first tried e-cigarettes in eighth grade. By the time he got to high school, he was vaping daily.
Jun 15, 2026
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Video: Wildfire smoke's effects on childhood asthma
Last summer, smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed Vermont, darkening the sunset and significantly reducing air quality. But Anna Maassel, a Ph.D. candidate in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources ...
Jun 12, 2026
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New antibody may boost KRAS-targeted lung cancer treatment after resistance emerges
An experimental antibody treatment that binds to a protein known as PCDH7 shrank tumors in preclinical models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including those resistant to a targeted therapy, a study led by UT Southwestern ...
Jun 11, 2026
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Living with cats does not worsen asthma in children, suggests study
Asthma is the most common chronic disease and one of the main causes of hospitalization among children. The Global Asthma Network has estimated that its global prevalence is 9.1% for children and 11.0% for adolescents, but ...
Jun 10, 2026
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One tiny patch could bring hospital-style heart checks into homes
A lightweight wearable device developed by UNSW engineers could one day help people monitor their heart and breathing health from home, potentially reducing hospital visits and allowing doctors to detect problems earlier. ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Four out of five cigarettes smoked in Australia are illegal. What's in them?
An estimated 80% of the cigarettes smoked in Australia last year were illegal, according to new wastewater data from the Bureau of Statistics. We asked respiratory experts what could be in them.
Jun 9, 2026
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Vaping e-cigarettes leads to early signs of lung disease in young adults
A product that was introduced as a safer alternative to smoking is causing lung and cardiovascular damage in young adults, according to new University of Alberta research published today.
Jun 9, 2026
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Hidden inflammatory patterns in primary ciliary dyskinesia could improve treatment of other chronic lung conditions
Researchers at UTHealth Houston have identified different types of hidden systemic inflammation in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia, even when they are not experiencing acute illness. The findings are published in ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Ultrasound turns anticancer molecule into deep-lung bacteria killer
An anticancer medication called TLD1433, a ruthenium(II) complex that has entered Phase II trials for conditions such as non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, is now being repurposed to address one of the biggest public health ...
Metabolic switch in lung cancer reprograms immune cells to slow tumors
An international research team, led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), the Institute for Lung Health (ILH) in Giessen, and the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim, has identified a promising ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Novel disorder causing severe respiratory dysfunction linked to loss-of-function gene variant
A new report in the American Journal of Human Genetics describes a novel disorder caused by biallelic loss-of-function variants in the TMEM63B gene, which results in severe lung disease. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, ...
Jun 8, 2026
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New PET tracer identifies DVT in legs and lungs
A novel PET radiotracer can accurately detect deep vein thrombosis in the legs and reveal whether clots have migrated to the lungs. By enabling whole-body imaging of blood clots in a single scan, the approach may support ...
Jun 6, 2026
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Bile acid receptor emerges as sleep apnea target to curb artery plaque
Studies in mice reveal a new target for potentially treating and preventing life-threatening cardiovascular complications in the millions of patients with sleep apnea worldwide. The study, presented at ASM Microbe 2026, showed ...
Jun 6, 2026
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Blood test spots 14 proteins that predict lung cancer risk up to five years early
As we age, our cells acquire cancer-causing mutations, but mutations alone are rarely enough to start a tumor. An environmental trigger, such as exposure to air pollution from sources such as combustion engines, coal burning ...
Jun 4, 2026
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New breakthrough in developing more personalized treatments for lung cancer
A study by the University of Barcelona has discovered why the two main types of lung cancer—adenocarcinoma of the lung and squamous cell carcinoma—respond differently to anti-angiogenic therapy, that is, drugs that block ...
Jun 3, 2026
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Drug duo synergy may help cystic fibrosis patients clear lung mucus, animal tests suggest
Two existing types of drugs synergize to improve the clearing of mucus from the lungs of animals with cystic fibrosis, a Stanford Medicine research team has found. The findings are published in the June 2026 issue of the ...
Jun 2, 2026
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