Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
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Free Allergy and Asthma Screenings Offered Nationwide
Adults and children with symptoms of asthma such as wheezing, coughing or shortness of breath can find out…
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Spiro PD Offers Portable, Affordable Home Monitoring
The Spiro PD enables patients with lung diseases–those with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis (CF)…
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Restricting Calories Early On Does Not Help Acute Lung Injury Patients on Ventilators
Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital…
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Acid Reflux Drug Does Not Improve Asthma in Children
Newswise–Asthma and gastroesophageal reflux (GER) are both common illnesses in children. GER in children often occurs without the…
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Addition of Proton Pump Inhibitor to Treatment of Poorly Controlled Asthma in Children Does Not Improve Symptoms
Children without symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux whose asthma was being poorly controlled with anti-inflammatory treatment did not have…
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Accelerated Infant Growth Increases Future Asthma Symptom Risk
Newswise–Accelerated growth in the first three months of life, but not fetal growth, is associated with an increased…
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation May Offer Bridge to Lung Transplantation
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in awake, non-intubated patients may be an effective strategy for bridging patients to…
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Funding Will Support Uptake’s InterVapor for Treatment of Severe Emphysema
Uptake Medical announced that it has closed on a Series C funding round which will support commercialization of…
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$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support ‘Asthma Genome’ Project with African-Americans
A Johns Hopkins-led team of experts in genetics, immunology, epidemiology and allergic disease has embarked on a four-year…
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InterVapor for Patients with Emphysema Gets TGA Approval
Uptake Medical announced that it received Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approval for its InterVapor System for endoscopic…
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Discovery May Lead to Safer Treatments for Asthma, Allergies and Arthritis
Scientists have discovered a missing link between the body’s biological clock and sugar metabolism system, a finding that…
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Researchers Discover How Cells Limit Inflammation in Lung Injury
Researchers Discover How Cells Limit Inflammation in Lung InjuryResearchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of…