About 90 percent of children with two copies of a common genetic variation and who wheezed when they caught a cold early in life went on to develop asthma by age 6, according to a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine. These children, all from families with a history of asthma...
New Vanderbilt-led research published in the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children. Senior author John Williams , M.D., associate professor of Pediatric...
Patients who are prone to infections and are given high vitamin D doses for one year have a significantly lower risk of developing respiratory tract infection, compared to their counterparts who do not receive the extra daily vitamin, researchers from the Karolinska Institute and Karolinska...
Researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester are leading the largest ever study of the genetics relating to lung disease. The project will investigate what determines an individual's lung health and why smoking harms the lungs of some people more than others and will use health...
Researchers have discovered that the ingredient 2,3-pentanedione (PD), used to promote the flavor and aroma of butter in microwave popcorn is a respiratory hazard, which can also change gene expression in the brain of rats. The study is published in The American Journal of Pathology and suggests...
For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), especially among children whose parents smoke. Now a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Arizona reports that those health risks...
If the proven long-term benefits of smoking cessation are not enough to motivate young adults to stop smoking, a new study shows that 18- to 24-year olds who stop smoking for at least two weeks report substantially fewer respiratory symptoms, especially coughing. The study findings are detailed...
Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness, which often accompanies chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure, according to...
Researchers have discovered that obese adults undergoing surgery are less frequently developing respiratory insufficiency (RI) and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and that when they do, they are less likely to have fatal outcomes. The researchers say they have several theories of how...
circulatory systems? i am in an ap bio class and hav 2 do a presentation on these 2 subjects. i wud apreciate a really strange topic for both, and by strange, i mean something that a 20 year ap bio teacher may not have heard of. something that will make him say "wait, what! really?" thanks for...
i just started YAZ birth control and i've developed a cold. i read the side effects and one was "upper respiratory infection."
do i need to stop taking this? or should i stick it out until my body gets used to it? is this normal?
Performing polysomnography (sleep study) prior to pediatric adenotonsillectomy (surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids) may help identify children at a higher risk of developing postoperative respiratory complications, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of...
The vitamin D levels of newborn babies appear to predict their risk of respiratory infections during infancy and the occurrence of wheezing during early childhood, but not the risk of developing asthma. Results of a study in the January 2011 issue of Pediatrics support the theory that widespread...
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) - such as influenza, pneumonia and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - cause 4.25 million deaths each year often among young children in developing countries, according to the Acute Respiratory Infections Atlas, which was released on Tuesday by the World Lung...
I'm doing a research project for my microbiology class and I need to find an interesting disease that affects the respiratory system that's cause by a specific pathogen.
The diseases that are already taken are whooping cough, SARS, RSV, Anthrax, and a bunch of fungal diseases.
I'm looking for...
Imperial College London, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust have come together in a new agreement to undertake joint research studies and explore clinician-led integration of services into joint working units and programmes. This alliance...
Imperial College London, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust have come together in a new agreement to undertake joint research studies and explore clinician-led integration of services into joint working units and programmes. This alliance...
Imperial College London, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust have come together in a new agreement to undertake joint research studies and explore clinician-led integration of services into joint working units and programmes. This alliance...