Health expenditures considerable for asthma, COPD in U.S. workers
(HealthDay)—The annualized total medical expenditures for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are $7 billion and $5 billion among …
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New knowledge on the development of asthma
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied which genes are expressed in overactive immune cells in mice with asthma-like …
Smoker’s cough: Deadly lack of interest in COPD leads to an early death
Smoker’s cough is all too often trivialised 31. May is world tobacco day. To warn this occasion, an Austrian University …
COPD may strike women harder than men
(HealthDay)—Women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) appear to have a harder time than men with the progressive lung disorder, …
New noninvasive ventilation strategy allows preterm infants to breathe freely
Preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) face heightened risks of death, critical illness, and prolonged hospitalization, particularly if they …
Preschoolers with chronic constipation tend to be picky eaters
In the first study of its kind in the U.S., researchers found that normally developing preschool children with chronic constipation …
Protein linked to cancer growth drives deadly lung disease: Discovery in laboratory mice suggests possible role for anti-cancer drugs in treating pulmonary fibrosis
A protein associated with cancer growth appears to drive the deadly lung disease known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to …
Researchers are worried that people with chronic disease are not being active enough
The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford measured the duration and intensity of physical activity levels …