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Rapid Change in China Brings Significant Improvements in Health
June 6, 2013 — In China between 1990 and 2010, communicable disease and child mortality decreased while life expectancy increased. But China faces significant challenges. The top five causes of health loss are ... > full story -
Targeted Therapy Boosts Lung Cancer Outcomes
June 1, 2013 — Non-small cell lung cancer patients whose tumor cells had an abnormal ALK gene fared better if treated with crizotinib, a targeted therapy, than with traditional chemotherapy. Median progression-free ... > full story -
Promising New Approach to Treatment of Lung Cancer
May 22, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that allows inhalation of chemotherapeutic drugs to help treat lung cancer, and in laboratory and animal tests it appears to reduce the systemic ... > full story -
Genetic Marker Associated With Risk for Pulmonary Fibrosis
May 22, 2013 — New research finds that a genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis, an uncommon but deadly lung disease, may be effective in identifying individuals at risk for this ... > full story -
Low Radiation Scans Help Identify Cancer in Earliest Stages
May 21, 2013 — A study of veterans at high risk for developing lung cancer shows that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) can be highly effective in helping clinicians spot tiny lung nodules which, in a small ... > full story -
Combined Wood and Tobacco Smoke Exposure Increases Risk and Symptoms of COPD
May 20, 2013 — People who are consistently exposed to both wood smoke and tobacco smoke are at a greater risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and for experiencing more frequent and ... > full story -
'Magic Bullet’ Nanomedicine Developed for Acute Lung Injury
May 14, 2013 — Researchers have devised a ‘magic bullet’ nanomedicine which could become the first effective treatment for Acute Lung Injury or ALI, a condition affecting 20 per cent of all patients in ... > full story -
Allergic Disease Worsens COPD Symptoms and Exacerbations
May 10, 2013 — Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who also have allergic disease have higher levels of respiratory symptoms and are at higher risk for COPD exacerbations, according to a new ... > full story -
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Pathogen Turns Protein Into a Virulence Factor in One Easy Step
May 7, 2013 — To infect its host, the respiratory pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa takes an ordinary protein usually involved in making other proteins and adds three small molecules to turn it into a key for ... > full story -
New Cause for Common Lung Problem
May 6, 2013 — New research has found that in cases of lung edema, or fluid in the lungs, not only do the lungs fail to keep water out as previously believed, but they are also allowing water to pump ... > full story
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