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New campaign launched to raise awareness of organ donation law change in England

NHS Blood and Transplant today, Thursday 25 April 2019, launches the year-long national campaign, ‘Pass it on’, to increase awareness and understanding of the new organ donation law – Max and Keira’s Law – which comes into place next year, across England.

26 Apr 2019

Measles vaccination rates are a 'public health time bomb'

The number of measles cases is on the rise globally, with many countries seeing rates that surpass annual rates for the past century. Public health officials are calling it a 'time bomb'.

25 Apr 2019

Eisenhower Health first in Southern California to offer new lung valve treatment for COPD/emphysema

Eisenhower Health is the first hospital in Southern California to offer a new lung valve treatment for patients with severe COPD/emphysema.

25 Apr 2019

E-cigarettes contaminated with dangerous microbial toxins

Researchers have discovered that many popular e-cigarette products are contaminated with microbial toxins that are known to cause a range of health problems

24 Apr 2019

Researchers engineer new molecules to help stop lung cancer

University of Texas at Dallas scientists have demonstrated that the growth rate of the majority of lung cancer cells relates directly to the availability of a crucial oxygen-metabolizing molecule.

24 Apr 2019

UAB receives $17 million grant to explore immune cells in inaccessible tissues of the human body

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers will receive $17.8 million in federal funding to attack a key "knowledge gap" in human immunology -- how the B cells and antibody-secreting cells that reside in tissues and organs differ from those found in blood.

23 Apr 2019

Improper inhaler use common in children with asthma

In the first study to evaluate inhaler technique in children hospitalized for asthma - the group at highest risk for complications and death from asthma - researchers found that nearly half of participants demonstrated improper inhaler use, which means they routinely were not taking in the full dose of medication.

17 Apr 2019

Cancer cells grown in tumor-mimicking environment can help predict the effect of experimental drugs

Before being tested in animals or humans, most cancer drugs are evaluated in tumor cells grown in a lab dish.

17 Apr 2019

Crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a progressing lung disease

Doctors know they're the sounds of lung problems, but it turns out they might be more than symptoms--crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a disease progressing, a University of Michigan researcher has found.

16 Apr 2019

Hospital ICU patients with non-brain-related injuries may have undetected cognitive deficits

A new study led by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that most patients entering hospital intensive care units (ICU) for non-brain-related injuries or ailments also suffer from some level of related cognitive dysfunction that currently goes undetected in most cases.

12 Apr 2019

New technique uses UV and red light to decontaminate organs before transplantation

A new technique for the decontamination of organs before transplantation using ultraviolet and red light irradiation has been developed by Brazilian and Canadian researchers and is described in an article published in the journal Nature Communications.

12 Apr 2019

Air pollution causes four million new childhood asthma cases annually

Air pollution has far reaching effects and a new study shows that each year there are four million new cases of childhood asthma across the world attributed to air pollution.

11 Apr 2019

Study finds link between common virus and faster disease progression in cystic fibrosis

A new study has found that cystic fibrosis patients who have a common virus may experience faster disease progression than patients who do not have the virus. Signs of faster cystic fibrosis disease progression included earlier times to lung transplant referral and reaching the final stages of the disease.

8 Apr 2019

Common food preservative may influence effectiveness of flu vaccines

Michigan State University scientists have linked a common food preservative to an altered immune response that possibly hinders flu vaccines.

8 Apr 2019

Dietary fiber could help prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Dietary fiber may be a new tool in the prevention of progressive lung disease, thanks to the production of anti-inflammatory short chain fatty acids, according to a new study by Australia's Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs at University of Newcastle, and the Centre for Inflammation, a partnership between The University of Technology Sydney and Centenary Institute.

5 Apr 2019

Heart and lung transplants from hepatitis-C infected donors considered safe

A recent trial has shown that heart and lungs from donors infected with hepatitis C can be safely transplanted, without recipients becoming infected with the virus.

5 Apr 2019

On the border, volunteer doctors struggle to provide stopgap care to immigrants

It wasn't the rash covering Meliza's feet and legs that worried Dr. José Manuel de la Rosa. What concerned him were the deep bruises beneath. They were a sign she could be experiencing something far more serious than an allergic reaction.

5 Apr 2019

FDA extends indication of metastatic breast cancer treatment to include male patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today is extending the indication of Ibrance (palbociclib) capsules in combination with specific endocrine therapies for hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer in male patients.

5 Apr 2019

Bronchiectasis patients often display high sensitivity to airborne allergens

An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that patients with the lung disease bronchiectasis also often display sensitivity to airborne allergens, and has highlighted the particular role that fungi appear to play.

4 Apr 2019

Hepatitis C-infected thoracic organs can be safely transplanted, study finds

Infectious diseases experts and transplant physicians and surgeons at Brigham and Women's Hospital have blocked the transmission of hepatitis C from infected organ donors to recipients in need of hearts or lungs.

4 Apr 2019

Lungs News and Research

New campaign launched to raise awareness of organ donation law change in England

Measles vaccination rates are a 'public health time bomb'

Eisenhower Health first in Southern California to offer new lung valve treatment for COPD/emphysema

E-cigarettes contaminated with dangerous microbial toxins

Researchers engineer new molecules to help stop lung cancer

UAB receives $17 million grant to explore immune cells in inaccessible tissues of the human body

Improper inhaler use common in children with asthma

Cancer cells grown in tumor-mimicking environment can help predict the effect of experimental drugs

Crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a progressing lung disease

Hospital ICU patients with non-brain-related injuries may have undetected cognitive deficits

New technique uses UV and red light to decontaminate organs before transplantation

Air pollution causes four million new childhood asthma cases annually

Study finds link between common virus and faster disease progression in cystic fibrosis

Common food preservative may influence effectiveness of flu vaccines

Dietary fiber could help prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Heart and lung transplants from hepatitis-C infected donors considered safe

On the border, volunteer doctors struggle to provide stopgap care to immigrants

FDA extends indication of metastatic breast cancer treatment to include male patients

Bronchiectasis patients often display high sensitivity to airborne allergens

Hepatitis C-infected thoracic organs can be safely transplanted, study finds

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