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 lung inflammation
Medications
Novel drug could treat long COVID and prevent re-infection
A new drug developed by QIMR Berghofer could transform the treatment of COVID-19 by potentially protecting against infection by any SARS-CoV-2 variant and reversing the persistent inflammation that is a major driver of debilitating ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Inflammatory disorders
Short-chain fatty acids reduce inflammation in the lungs of older mice
The gut microbial community structure—communities of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the intestines—influences the inflammatory response in the lungs of aging mice, according to researchers from the Institute ...
May 17, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
SphK2 found to have a crucial role in the pathogenesis of COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic respiratory disorder that progresses slowly and is characterized by cough, asthma, dyspnea and shortness of breath. Previous studies have shown that cigarette smoke ...
May 4, 2023
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Immunology
Team discovers how TKI cancer drugs cause inflammatory side effects
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are a type of targeted cancer medicine that can attack specific types of cancer cells and prevent them from multiplying. Although these inhibitors, called TKIs, can be very useful in fighting certain ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Health
Is lung inflammation worse in e-cigarette users than smokers, as a new study suggests?
A small study that compared the lungs of cigarette smokers with e-cigarette smokers found that e-cigarette smokers had more lung inflammation than those who smoked tobacco. The pilot study, published in the Journal of Nuclear ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Medications
First nasal monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 shows promise for treating virus, other diseases
A pilot trial by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, tested the nasal administration of the drug Foralumab, an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody. Investigators ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Depression linked to deadly inflammation in lung cancer patients
Lung cancer patients with moderate to severe depression are two to three times more likely to have inflammation levels that predict poor survival rates, a new study found.
Mar 6, 2023
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Health
PET imaging shows greater lung inflammation in e-cigarette users than cigarette smokers
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users have greater lung inflammation than cigarette smokers and non-smokers, according to a new study published online in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. This study is the first to provide ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New therapeutic approach to COPD involves targeting and inhibiting protein RIPK1
Research led by the Centenary Institute, the University of Technology Sydney and Ghent University Hospital, Belgium has identified a new therapeutic approach for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—the targeting ...
Jan 4, 2023
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