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3 May 2018

Collaboration Key to Improving Outcomes in Lung Cancer

Lung cancer survival rates can be improved by increased sharing of best practice between different systems, according to researchers from Yale…
2 May 2018

More Effective and Cheaper Alternative for Treating Acute Lung Injury Potentially Developed

Acute lung injury could be treated more effectively and cheaply by two synthetic mimics of naturally occurring surfactant proteins. A study at Stanford…
19 Apr 2018

Antimicrobials Can Prevent Life-Threatening Disease in Pneumonia Patients

Antimicrobial therapy can inhibit the growth of bacteria and help prevent life-threatening disease in patients with pneumonia, according to researchers…
5 Apr 2018

Exposure to Outdoor Air Pollution Significantly Increases Risk of Asthma

Asthma onset is significantly more likely after long-term exposure to road traffic and outdoor air pollution according to a new study, which should add…
16 Mar 2018

Genetic Variation Found to Increase the Risk of Adrenal Suppression

Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid treatment for asthma and COPD could be improved following the identification of a genetic variant that causes…
15 Mar 2018

Biological Variations Can Distinguish Between Severity Levels in Asthma

Asthma patients could potentially be distinguished from each other by their differing levels of disease severity following the discovery of biological…
9 Mar 2018

Quadrupling Medication Can Reduce the Number of Serious Asthma Attacks

The number of serious asthma attacks can be reduced by temporarily quadrupling the dose of inhaled steroids during severe episodes of asthma, according…
27 Feb 2018

Iron is a Major Risk Factor for Fungal Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients

Fungal infections in lung transplant patients are facilitated by elevated tissue iron, according to researchers from Stanford University, California, USA…