Health
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Is your feather bedding making you sick?
If you have feather bedding or clothing and have some breathing concerns, you should learn about feather duvet lung.
Aug 21, 2023
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News tagged with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Medical research
Odd cells found in lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
A pair of stem cell cloning experts at the University of Houston is reporting their findings of variant cells in the lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) which likely represent key targets in any future ...
May 17, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
GERD increases risk for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) increases the risk for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to a study published online April 20 in the European Respiratory Journal.
May 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chest CT shows lung abnormalities two years after COVID
Chest CT revealed persistent lung abnormalities in patients two years after COVID-19, according to a study published in Radiology. This is the first research paper with two-year follow-up data on COVID-19 lung effects.
Feb 14, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Finding molecular secrets hidden in premature aging diseases and cancer using AI
New research published in Cell Death & Disease covers the first batch of results from collaborative work directed to perform multi-omics-based analyses in the context of age-related diseases using an AI-driven target and ...
Dec 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
E-cigarette vapor exposure amplifies harmful inflammatory response in influenza A
Researchers at National Jewish Health have shown that vapor from electronic cigarettes increases small airway inflammation response to influenza A infections. The findings show that short-term exposure of just three days ...
Nov 14, 2022
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Medications
Experimental cancer drug could be effective in treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Researchers have shown that the medication saracatinib shows promise as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Saracatinib worked as well or better than two approved drugs at reducing tissue scarring in preclinical ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Genetics
Study: Treatment of pulmonary fibrosis should focus on the telomeres of the cells that regenerate the lungs
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis could become the first degenerative disease to be treated through the science of aging.
Oct 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop screening tool to aid early diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
In the last decade, timely and efficient diagnoses of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a lethal disease that causes scarring of the lung tissue and affects the ability to breathe and be active, has become recognized as ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Medications
Following computational predictions, scientists demonstrate that cancer drug counters pulmonary fibrosis
An experimental cancer drug with a favorable safety profile shows promise as a treatment for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), according to a study published on August 23, 2022, in the American Journal of Respiratory and ...
Sep 1, 2022
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