Posts Tagged ‘lungs’
After 3 days, lung bacteria are unstoppable
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A deadly plague bacterium is able to transform the lungs into a breeding ground for other microbes—often escaping detection until it is too late for medical treatment. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2012 12:29 - 0 Comments
Therapy strikes protein in smokers’ lungs
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — A new treatment for smoking-related lung diseases targets a protein that triggers inflammation and keeps lungs from healing. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2011 11:28 - 1 Comment
Fish oil may harm lung injury patients
VANDERBILT (US) — Lung injury patients who were given a supplement of omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants did not fare better, and in some cases fared worse, than those who did not receive the supplement. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 27, 2011 11:20 - 0 Comments
Cancer drug may treat scarring diseases
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in treating diseases that cause scarring of the internal organs or skin, such as pulmonary fibrosis and scleroderma. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 6, 2011 10:52 - 0 Comments
More to asthma than inflammation
U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — A new study challenges the traditional concept that asthma is solely an inflammatory condition, a finding with significant implications for future treatment. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 3, 2011 13:40 - 0 Comments
Time not a factor in some transplants
JOHNS HOPKINS U. (US) — Unlike other surgeries, patients receiving heart or lung transplants fare just as well whether their last-second surgery occurs during the day or at night. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 28, 2010 12:17 - 0 Comments
Sneezing starts in the womb?
U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — A child’s chances of developing allergies or wheezing is related to how he or she grew at vital stages in the womb. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 6, 2010 10:52 - 1 Comment
Air pollution inflames asthma
UC BERKELEY / STANFORD (US) — Exposure to dirty air is linked to decreased function of a gene that appears to increase the severity of asthma in children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 19, 2010 9:59 - 1 Comment
Nitric oxide increases children’s asthma risk
USC (US)—Children with elevated levels of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) are at increased risk for developing asthma, particularly among children without a parental history of the disease, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 13, 2010 11:46 - 0 Comments
Breathing lungs created in the lab
U. MINNESOTA (US)—As a follow-up to the beating heart, researchers at the University of Minnesota have used a similar technique to create breathing lungs in the lab. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 29, 2010 9:28 - 0 Comments
Engineered lungs act like the real thing
YALE (US)—Scientists have achieved an important first step in regenerating fully functional lung tissue that can exchange gas—the key role of the lungs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 8, 2010 8:51 - 1 Comment
Sniffing out risk of emphysema in smokers
U. IOWA (US)—Using CT scans to measure blood flow in the lungs of people who smoke may offer a way to identify which smokers are most at risk of emphysema before the disease damages and eventually destroys areas of the lungs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 30, 2010 12:06 - 0 Comments
Protein may help predict transplant outcome
EMORY (US)—Researchers have identified a marker of inflammation that may help predict an often fatal complication following a lung transplant. (more…)
Best of 2009 - Sep 17, 2009 4:00 - 11 Comments
BEST OF 2009: Are you sick and clean?
U. COLORADO (US)—Millions of Americans are getting a dousing of pathogenic bacteria along with their daily showers, a new study finds. Researchers have discovered that water spurting from showerheads can distribute pathogen-filled droplets that suspend themselves in the air and can easily be inhaled into the deepest parts of the lungs. (more…)
