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Community-based palliative care linked to reduction in ER visits for dying patients

Community-based palliative care -- care delivered at home, not the hospital -- was associated with a 50 percent reduction in emergency department visits for patients in their last year of life.

22 Feb 2017

Rapid patient recruitment and reduced trial costs: is LDS the answer?

LDS stands for Linked Database System, which essentially describes what it does. Our LDS technology uses multiple sources of information from hospitals, GPs and pharmacies. However in the future this information could also come from other health data sources e.g. your smartphone, Fitbit etc.

21 Feb 2017

Researchers explore how patients with COPD, heart failure and heart attack fared in ICU

Does a stay in the intensive care unit give patients a better chance of surviving a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or heart failure flare-up or even a heart attack, compared with care in another type of hospital unit? Unless a patient is clearly critically ill, the answer may be no, according to University of Michigan researchers who analyzed more than 1.5 million Medicare records.

17 Feb 2017

Radiotherapy for breast cancer linked to greater risk of second primary lung cancer

East Asian female breast cancer patients receiving radiotherapy have a higher risk of developing second primary lung cancer.

16 Feb 2017

Smoking cessation counseling can be effective when given shortly after lung cancer screening

In the first successful randomized trial of its kind, researchers have provided preliminary evidence that telephone-based smoking cessation counseling given to smokers shortly after undergoing lung cancer screening can be effective at helping people stop smoking.

15 Feb 2017

New study reveals potential drug to combat life-threatening effects of COPD

New research published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a potential drug to combat the life-threatening effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

13 Feb 2017

Researchers develop new method that can rapidly profile resistome of gut microbial communities

Taking antibiotics to fight an infection won't necessarily solve your problems. Often, natural occurring bacteria in the gut harbor several resistance genes.

10 Feb 2017

Study finds link between air pollution and daily cause-specific mortality in China

In the largest epidemiological study conducted in the developing world, researchers found that as exposures to fine particulate air pollution in 272 Chinese cities increase, so do deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

10 Feb 2017

Exosome isolation using ultracentrifugation

In the outpatient clinic and lab, our research studies aim to understand biological functions of exosomes and membrane particles.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Centrifugation 9 Feb 2017

UNC scientists isolate protein that could play role in asthmatics

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine believe they have isolated a protein that, when missing or depleted, can cause airway constriction, production of mucus, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing for the 334 million people worldwide who suffer from asthma.

6 Feb 2017

Better fungal disease diagnostics could be critical to fight against antimicrobial resistance

Poor diagnosis worldwide of fungal disease causes doctors to overprescribe antibiotics, increasing harmful resistance to antimicrobial drugs, according to a paper published today in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

17 Jan 2017

Scientists identify sugar molecule that reduces inflammatory response and COPD progression

Using a mouse model, scientists from the RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center for Systems Chemical Biology and a number of other institutes have identified a sugar molecule that reduced the inflammatory response and progress of emphysema, a common component of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

27 Dec 2016

New TSRI study shows how Piezo2 protein plays critical role in sensing lung expansion

The new study might help shed light on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in human babies, which is thought to be associated with dysfunctional airway sensory neurons.

22 Dec 2016

Scientists detail structure of molecule implicated in Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detailed the structure of a molecule that has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease.

21 Dec 2016

Chronic shortness of breath could be warning signal for potential heart or lung disease

Shortness of breath is an often overlooked symptom of what may be heart failure or COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). New research shows that with early intervention, patients can avoid suffering and the need for hospitalization decreases.

19 Dec 2016

Scientists discover how COPD patients' lungs lose ability to repair damages

In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the patients' lungs lose their ability to repair damages on their own.

16 Dec 2016

Never-smoking women are susceptible to COPD, study suggests

A new study published by University of Toronto researchers suggests that women who have never smoked are susceptible to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and that African American women are particularly vulnerable.

9 Dec 2016

New study finds smoking cessation at any age reduces risk of death

Tobacco use continues to be a major cause of cancer and premature death. Most studies of cigarette smoking and mortality have focused on middle-aged populations, with fewer studies examining the impact of tobacco cessation on disease and mortality risk among the elderly.

30 Nov 2016

NTM lung infections

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are part of a group of bacteria called mycobacteria. The non-tuberculous mycobacteria are, as the name suggests, mycobacteria that are not tuberculosis. They're also not leprosy, but they are the other members of the bacteria group termed mycobacteria.

23 Nov 2016

Deprived patients with chronic lung disease more likely to face malnutrition risk

Patients with chronic lung disease living in deprived areas are more likely to be malnourished than those from wealthier postcodes, a QUT study has found.

16 Nov 2016

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease News and Research

Latest Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease News and Research

Community-based palliative care linked to reduction in ER visits for dying patients

Rapid patient recruitment and reduced trial costs: is LDS the answer?

Researchers explore how patients with COPD, heart failure and heart attack fared in ICU

Radiotherapy for breast cancer linked to greater risk of second primary lung cancer

Smoking cessation counseling can be effective when given shortly after lung cancer screening

New study reveals potential drug to combat life-threatening effects of COPD

Researchers develop new method that can rapidly profile resistome of gut microbial communities

Study finds link between air pollution and daily cause-specific mortality in China

Exosome isolation using ultracentrifugation

UNC scientists isolate protein that could play role in asthmatics

Better fungal disease diagnostics could be critical to fight against antimicrobial resistance

Scientists identify sugar molecule that reduces inflammatory response and COPD progression

New TSRI study shows how Piezo2 protein plays critical role in sensing lung expansion

Scientists detail structure of molecule implicated in Alzheimer's disease

Chronic shortness of breath could be warning signal for potential heart or lung disease

Scientists discover how COPD patients' lungs lose ability to repair damages

Never-smoking women are susceptible to COPD, study suggests

New study finds smoking cessation at any age reduces risk of death

NTM lung infections

Deprived patients with chronic lung disease more likely to face malnutrition risk

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

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