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Lung Transplants In Cystic Fibrosis Patients With Life Threatening Bacteria Sparks Debate At ISHLT Meeting

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During Wednesday's Satellite Symposium 3: The Challenges of Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) at the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, clinicians and researchers discussed some of the unique challenges in achieving excell ...

read more During Wednesday's Satellite Symposium 3: The Challenges of Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) at the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, clinicians and researchers discussed some of the unique challenges in achieving excell read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Patient Care To Be Transformed By 7.5 Million Pounds

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Patients suffering from respiratory disease and hearing problems are to benefit from an injection of 7.5 million pounds to fund ground-breaking new treatments in Nottingham.Two new Biomedical Research Units (BRUs) will take pioneering medical research out of the laboratory and into the hospital clin ...

read more Patients suffering from respiratory disease and hearing problems are to benefit from an injection of 7.5 million pounds to fund ground-breaking new treatments in Nottingham.Two new Biomedical Research Units (BRUs) will take pioneering medical research out of the laboratory and into the hospital clin read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Traffic Exhaust Can Cause Asthma, Allergies And Impaired Respiratory Function In Children

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Children exposed to high levels of air pollution during their first year of life run a greater risk of developing asthma, pollen allergies, and impaired respiratory function. However, genetic factors are also at play. These are the results of a new study conducted under the BAMSE project. ...

read more Children exposed to high levels of air pollution during their first year of life run a greater risk of developing asthma, pollen allergies, and impaired respiratory function. However, genetic factors are also at play. These are the results of a new study conducted under the BAMSE project. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

New Asthma Drug Denied To People With Asthma In Northern Ireland

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Asthma UK Northern Ireland is calling on Health and Social Services Boards to implement official guidance on a new drug for people with severe allergic asthma as a matter of urgency as there are concerns that applications for funding for the drug are being turned down. ...

read more Asthma UK Northern Ireland is calling on Health and Social Services Boards to implement official guidance on a new drug for people with severe allergic asthma as a matter of urgency as there are concerns that applications for funding for the drug are being turned down. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Asthma Deaths Spike, Australia

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New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that the Australian asthma death toll jumped in 2006, with an additional 84 deaths being recorded compared to 2005 data. The total number of deaths attributed to asthma in Australia in 2006 was 402. The greatest increase in deaths occurred in t ...

read more New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that the Australian asthma death toll jumped in 2006, with an additional 84 deaths being recorded compared to 2005 data. The total number of deaths attributed to asthma in Australia in 2006 was 402. The greatest increase in deaths occurred in t read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Flu Vaccines Can Reduce Respiratory Problems By Up To Three-Quarters

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Annual flu vaccinations are highly effective at preventing acute respiratory illness and making sure that existing breathing problems don't get any worse, according to research published in the April issue of IJCP, the UK-based International Journal of Clinical Practice. ...

read more Annual flu vaccinations are highly effective at preventing acute respiratory illness and making sure that existing breathing problems don't get any worse, according to research published in the April issue of IJCP, the UK-based International Journal of Clinical Practice. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

MedImmune Advances Asthma Program With Start Of A Phase 2 Trial In Europe And Australia And First U.S.-Based Clinical Trial

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MedImmune announced that it has advanced its efforts to develop CAT-354, a potential treatment for patients with asthma, with the start of two new trials with a monoclonal antibody (MAb) targeting interleukin-13 (IL-13). One of the studies is a Phase 2 clinical trial in Europe and Australia designe ...

read more MedImmune announced that it has advanced its efforts to develop CAT-354, a potential treatment for patients with asthma, with the start of two new trials with a monoclonal antibody (MAb) targeting interleukin-13 (IL-13). One of the studies is a Phase 2 clinical trial in Europe and Australia designe read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

American Thoracic Society Clinical Policy Statement On Palliative Care

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Palliative care was once reserved for patients when all curative options had been exhausted and death was imminent, but now it is considered an integral part of the care that should be available to patients with serious respiratory disorders and critical illnesses. ...

read more Palliative care was once reserved for patients when all curative options had been exhausted and death was imminent, but now it is considered an integral part of the care that should be available to patients with serious respiratory disorders and critical illnesses. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Computer Game Helps COPD Patients Breathe Better

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Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may gain better control over their breathing and breathe more efficiently by using their breath to play a computer game, according to new research. ...

read more Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may gain better control over their breathing and breathe more efficiently by using their breath to play a computer game, according to new research. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Study Sheds Light On Deadly Lung Disease

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Systemic sclerosis (SSc), also known as scleroderma, is characterized by the formation of fibrosis, or scar tissue, on internal organs as well as the skin. Beyond its disfiguring symptoms, SSc is associated with a high rate of deadly lung disease. Pulmonary fibrosis strikes at least one-third of SSc ...

read more Systemic sclerosis (SSc), also known as scleroderma, is characterized by the formation of fibrosis, or scar tissue, on internal organs as well as the skin. Beyond its disfiguring symptoms, SSc is associated with a high rate of deadly lung disease. Pulmonary fibrosis strikes at least one-third of SSc read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

IPC The Hospitalist Company Study Finds Relationship Between Continuity Of Hospitalist Physician Care And Length Of Hospital Stay

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Patients with pneumonia and heart failure who receive care from multiple hospital physicians may stay in the hospital longer, according to a study by IPC The Hospitalist Company (Nasdaq: IPCM), a leading physician group practice company. ...

read more Patients with pneumonia and heart failure who receive care from multiple hospital physicians may stay in the hospital longer, according to a study by IPC The Hospitalist Company (Nasdaq: IPCM), a leading physician group practice company. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Mouth May Tell The Tale Of Lung Damage Caused By Smoking

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Cells lining the mouth reflect the molecular damage that smoking does to the lining of the lungs, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. ...

read more Cells lining the mouth reflect the molecular damage that smoking does to the lining of the lungs, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Oral Epithelium As A Surrogate Tissue For Assessing Smoking-Induced Molecular Alterations In The Lungs

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Doctors may be able to determine the extent of a smoker's lung damage by looking in his or her mouth, according to new research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. ...

read more Doctors may be able to determine the extent of a smoker's lung damage by looking in his or her mouth, according to new research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Top Three CO2 Emitting US Counties Are Houston, Los Angeles And Chicago

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The top twenty carbon dioxide-emitting counties in the United States have been identified by a research team led by Purdue University. The top three counties include the cities of Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago. Kevin Gurney, an assistant professor of earth and atmospheric science at Purdue Univer ...

read more The top twenty carbon dioxide-emitting counties in the United States have been identified by a research team led by Purdue University. The top three counties include the cities of Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago. Kevin Gurney, an assistant professor of earth and atmospheric science at Purdue Univer read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Half Of Europe's Workforce Remain Unprotected From Secondhand Smoke At Work

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Less than a third of the European Union's Member States have introduced fully comprehensive smokefree legislation, three years after the world's first public health treaty on tobacco control - the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) - introduced the need fo ...

read more Less than a third of the European Union's Member States have introduced fully comprehensive smokefree legislation, three years after the world's first public health treaty on tobacco control - the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) - introduced the need fo read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

An Option For Poor Families Could Be Homemade Asthma-Relief Device

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When an asthma attack occurs, many sufferers use a device - a "spacer" - to increase the chances that rescue medicine travels from an inhaler all the way down to the airways where it is needed. A new review of studies found no difference between the effectiveness of commercially manufactured devices ...

read more When an asthma attack occurs, many sufferers use a device - a read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Reviewers Say Children Should Not Take Antihistamines For Chronic Cough

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Chronic cough can cut into children's sleep and fray parents' nerves. Although antihistamines can alleviate cough, possible side effects outweigh their benefits, say authors of a new review of studies from Australia."In contrast to recommendations in adults with chronic cough, antihistamines cannot ...

read more Chronic cough can cut into children's sleep and fray parents' nerves. Although antihistamines can alleviate cough, possible side effects outweigh their benefits, say authors of a new review of studies from Australia. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Possible Link Between Baby Swimming And Breathing Problems In Children

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Children with mothers who have allergies or asthma have an increased risk of wheezing in the chest if they take part in baby swimming before 6 months of age. This is shown in a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Study (MoBa) at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).Th ...

read more Children with mothers who have allergies or asthma have an increased risk of wheezing in the chest if they take part in baby swimming before 6 months of age. This is shown in a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Study (MoBa) at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).Th read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Respiratory Health In Children With Asthma Affected By Air Pollution

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WHAT: A new study reports that inner-city children with asthma may be particularly vulnerable to air pollution at levels below current air quality standards. The study, available online, analyzes the short-term effects of outdoor pollution levels on asthma symptoms and lung function in children. The ...

read more WHAT: A new study reports that inner-city children with asthma may be particularly vulnerable to air pollution at levels below current air quality standards. The study, available online, analyzes the short-term effects of outdoor pollution levels on asthma symptoms and lung function in children. The read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Wall Street Journal Examines Debate Over Use Of Costly Medication For Children

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The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday examined how "pediatric experts are wrestling with an emotionally fraught issue: whether to let some babies at risk for a potentially serious respiratory virus take their chances with the disease or to preventively administer an expensive drug that may or may no ...

read more The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday examined how read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

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