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Stopping Smoking Reduces Risk of Bacterial Pneumonia in People With HIV
January 21, 2013 — Bacterial pneumonia is one of the commonest and most serious infections occurring in people infected with HIV. A metanalysis of cohort and case control studies finds that current smokers with ... > full story -
Severity of Emphysema Predicts Mortality
January 18, 2013 — Severity of emphysema, as measured by computed tomography (CT), is a strong independent predictor of all-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality in ever-smokers with or without chronic ... > full story -
Critically Ill Flu Patients Saved With Artificial Lung Technology Treatment
January 17, 2013 — In recent weeks, the intensive critical care units at University Health Network's Toronto General Hospital have used Extra Corporeal Lung Support to support five influenza patients in their recovery ... > full story -
COPD Patients at Risk of Dangerous Bacterial Infections
January 16, 2013 — It is well known that COPD patients run a higher risk of contracting respiratory infections. However, a new thesis shows that they are also at higher risk of other bacterial infections, such as ... > full story -
Lung Cancer: Comparable Patterns of Failure Between SBRT, Lobectomy or Pneumonectomy for Stage I NSCLC
January 15, 2013 — For patients with medically operable clinical stage I non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lobectomy or pneumonectomy is the standard approach. For patients with medically inoperable stage I ... > full story -
Breath Test Identifies Bacteria's Fingerprint
January 10, 2013 — Scientists have identified the chemical ‘fingerprints’ given off by specific bacteria when present in the lungs, potentially allowing for a quick and simple breath test to diagnose ... > full story -
Why and How Patients With Lung Cancer Initially Get Diagnosed With the Disease
December 21, 2012 — An oncologist has used the electronic medical records data of more than 400 patients in a single-center study that is further exploring results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) released ... > full story -
Asthmatics at Increased Risk of Pulmonary Embolism
December 19, 2012 — People with asthma have an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, according to new ... > full story -
How Airway Cells Regenerate After Chlorine Gas Injury
December 19, 2012 — Scientists have uncovered new clues in understanding how epithelial cells -- the cells that line the trachea, bronchi and other airways that carry air in and out of the lung -- repair themselves ... > full story -
The Appliance of Ecological Science
December 17, 2012 — Studying bacteria that cause human diseases as if they were ecological communities could revolutionize the way doctors treat diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF), according to new ... > full story
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