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Bared to Tobacco Fumes Children Run Into Long-Term Respiratory Complications: Study

Over three decades, researchers have cautioned of latent health risks linked to exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), mainly among children whose parents smoke.

Study Links Asthma Medication With Heart Arrhythmias in Children, Young Adults

Use of inhaled anticholinergics (IACs) is linked with an increased risk of potentially dangerous heart arrhythmias among young asthma patients, revealed

Elderly Asthmatics Observe Inflammation And Mortality

Elevated mortality toll amid elderly adult asthma people in contrast to their younger counterparts is probably due, at least in part, to an augmented

Tiny Tool Can Play Major Role In The Fight Against TB

A tiny filter could have a big impact around the world in the fight against tuberculosis. Using the traditional microscope-based diagnosis method

Cell Critical to Treatment-resistant Asthma Identified

In mice, a new type of cell that appears to be crucial to causing asthma symptoms has been discovered by U-M scientists. The researchers call

Persistent Cough Could be a Sign of Lung Cancer

Continuous cough could signal lung cancer, warns new government advertising drive. The campaign, which is being run in TV, radio, print and

Tobacco Smoke Subjected To Neighboring Apartment Dwellers Often

Some common downsides of apartment living are noisy neighbors and broken-down elevators. According to a research to be presented on Sunday, April 29,

Possible Link Between Air Pollution and Tuberculosis

A possible association between a common component of urban air pollution and tuberculosis has been determined in a recent study. In their finding, a team of researchers, led by Dr.

New Tool For Rapid Diagnosis Of TB

A new diagnostic tool, endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), could pave way for a better and rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). Currently,

New Asthma Treatment Improves Wait Time in Emergency Department

Administration of oral steroids to asthma patients reduced wait time and improved patient care, reveals study published in Pediatrics. Asthma is

Asthmatics to Get Reduced Hospital Admission

Kids with moderate or severe asthma attacks receiving treatment with systemic corticosteroids in the initial 75 minutes of triage in the Emergency Department

Observation: Kids With Lung Function Deficits As Neonates, Develop Asthma

Kids who develop asthma by age seven have inadequacies in lung function and augmented bronchial responsiveness as neonates, suggests a new study from researchers in Denmark.

New Guidelines Issued On Tuberculosis Care In Europe

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have jointly developed new guidelines for tuberculosis (TB) care in Europe.

Air Pollution Helps Explain Childhood Asthma Hot Spots

Neighborhood differences in rates of childhood asthma may be explained by varying levels of air pollution, reveals study published in the iJournal of

South Africa Launches Plan To Curb TB Among Gold Miners

The South African government on Saturday launched a plan to diagnose tuberculosis in the country's gold mines, where the disease's incidence is the highest in the world.

Whooping Cough Outbreak in Vancouver

Health officials say there is a whooping cough outbreak in metro Vancouver with 38 cases being reported from January.Free vaccines are being offered to

900,000 TB Cases Reported in China

In China in 2011, around 900,000 cases of tuberculosis were discovered and treated, says health ministry. The cases included 423,000 infectious

Climate Change Raises Incidence of Respiratory Diseases

Global climate change magnifies the effects of pollution and will worsen the incidence of asthma, allergies, infections and cardiovascular diseases worldwide, says a study.

Cured Meat Consumption Worsens COPD

An excessive intake of cured meats like salmon, bacon boosts risk of hospital readmissions for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), shows study.

Latest Treatment With Inhaled Interferon May Boost Lung Function In Pulmonary Fibrosis

While treating for diopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic and progressive form of lung disease caused by excessive formation of fibrotic, or scar

Recent Discovery Paves Way for New Strategies to Treat Allergic Diseases

New processes that lead to the development of a novel cell implicated in allergies has been discovered by Trinity College Dublin and the United Kingdom researchers.

Home Visits for Asthma Cut Hospitalizations

Home visits for asthma patients dramatically reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits, reveals study. A study reporting these outcomes

Energy Poverty Creating a Respiratory Disease Epidemic

Energy poverty leads to severe respiratory diseases killing nearly two million people worldwide each year, say researchers. "Energy poverty is one

Bulgam Bhai to Fight TB

India's fight against tuberculosis has a superhero - pot bellied Bulgam Bhai who will ask people 'Has it been two weeks'. "The creative challenge

Gulping Huge Quantity of Soft Drinks Linked to Asthma and COPD

High level of soft drink consumption is connected with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), latest study published in the journal iRespirology/i.

Kicking The Butt Reduces Respiratory Symptoms Within Weeks

A new study has found that young smokers who quit smoking for at least two weeks report fewer respiratory symptoms, especially coughing. For the finding,

Pill Made From Dust Mites May Offer Relief From Asthma

A pill made from a protein found in dust mites could revolutionize asthma treatment, according to a research. According to the Daily Mail, the pill

Link Between Environmental Bacteria and Asthma

An allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria causes biasthma/i/b, suggests research. Researchers from the Veterans Affairs

Various Other Microbes Find Lungs Infected With Plague Bacteria to be Fertile

The mystery of the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, iYersinia pestis/i is one among the many infectious disease puzzling experts. It goes concealed

Asthma-specific Costs Associated With Air Pollution: Study

The total cost of asthma due to traffic-related air pollution is much higher than once believed, says study published in iEuropean Respiratory Journal/i.

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Serve as a Link to Lung Transplantation

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in awake, non-intubated patients can perhaps be a valuable strategy for linking patients to lung transplantation, states a new study from Germany.

Period of RBC Storage Does Not Impact Short-Term Pulmonary, Immunologic, Or Coagulation Status

Early measures of pulmonary function, immunologic status or coagulation status after fresh versus standard issue single-unit red blood cell (RBC) transfusion

High Doses of Vitamin D Do Not Reduce COPD Exacerbations

High doses of vitamin D has no clear benefit for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), reveals study. Vitamin D deficiency

Continuing Aftermath of Venous Thrombosis

Lasting death rate of people who underwent a first venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism is reported by Linda Flinterman of Leiden University, Netherlands and colleagues in iPLoS Medicine/i.

Potential New Treatment For Smoking-related Lung Diseases Found

A potential new treatment that could help reduce the debilitating symptoms of smoking related lung diseases has been identified by the scientists. The

'Google Flu Trends' a Powerful Early Warning System for Emergency Departments: Hopkins Researchers

Vigil on Internet search traffic on influenza can attest as enhanced way for hospital emergency rooms to set for a surge in ailing patients instead of waiting for outdated government flu case reports.

Massive Subgroup of Mild-To-Moderate Asthma Is Persistently Non-Eosinophilic

Prominent percentage of patients with mild-to-moderate asthma has persistently non-eosinophilic disease which may not respond to anti-inflammatory treatments available now, states a new study.

Researchers to Study Genetics of Asthma Among Blacks

A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins have embarked on a four-year effort to map the genetic code for asthma of 1,000 people of African descent, including men and women from Baltimore.

Cod Liver Oil Effective In Curbing TB

The widespread use of cod liver oil encouraged by doctors could have played a significant part in the decline of tuberculosis cases in the late 19th and

Christmas is a Time of Extreme Caution for Charlie Smith

For the rest of the world Christmas is a time for celebration, but for three year old Charlie Smith and his family, it is a time filled with anxiety and concern.

Salf Findings can Lead to Safer Asthma, Allergies and Arthritis Treatments

Missing link between the body's biological clock and sugar metabolism system discovered by Scientists may help avoid the grave side effects of drugs used for treating asthma, allergies and arthritis.

Lung Function in CF Improved by Long-term Inhaled Dry Powder Mannitol

Including inhaled dry powder mannitol to standard therapy for cystic fibrosis gave rise to sustained progress in lung function for up to 52 weeks, according to a new study.

Christmas Tree Syndrome

Who would think that the Christmas tree synonymous with heralding the festive season would be associated with allergies and health conditions? Nearly

Why Some TB Cells Are Hard To Treat

Researchers provides a novel explanation as to why some tuberculosis cells are inherently more difficult to treat with antibiotics. The discovery,

Culprits of Lung Inflammation Identified

Diesel exhaust particulates and house dust cause pulmonary inflammation thereby aggravate asthma, say scientists. Numerous exposures such as

First 'ex-vivo' Lung Transplants Performed in New York

Recipients of first transplanted lungs assessed and reconditioned in the operating room, a technique with the potential to dramatically boost the availability

Proper Medication Use Could Reduce Severe Asthma Attacks

Severe asthma attacks can be prevented as long as people take medicines, suggests study. Moreover, an asthma attack was only significantly reduced

CDC Recommends Short-term Treatment for Tuberculosis

US health authorities have urged to shorten the treatment of latent tuberculosis from nine months to three. People age 12 and over who test positive

Relaxin Improved Kidney Function in PKD Model

Relaxin - a vasodilator hormone improved blood flow, kidney function in lab rats genetically altered to model polycystic kidney disease, reports research.

Twin Tower Rescue Workers Hit By Asthma

Twin tower rescue workers seem to be hit by asthma - incidence among them being twice the rate of the general US population, a study shows. The findings