More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
..."In a single day, a child riding a school bus will breathe in anywhere from 7 to 70 times more exhaust from that bus than a typical L.A. resident will inhale from all school bus emissions in the area." Not surprisingly, the highest levels of self-pollution were found with the two older buses, particularly w...Excess oxygen worsens lung inflammation in mice
...aimed at helping mice with acute lung inflammation breathe paradoxically worsened their illness. The researchers say excess oxygen appears to thwart a natural process that limits lung tissue damage. They overcame this deleterious side effect, however, by adding an inhaled anti-inflammatory drug to the oxygen...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for June 2005
... do this or do that, or if I'm going to be able to breathe or not." STAR JONES REYNOLDS, PAULETTA AND DENZEL WASHINGTON AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS IN MAY 19 CEREMONY Star Jones Reynolds, Pauletta and Denzel Washington, and neurosurgeon Keith Black awarded scholarships to two young neuroscientists during a May 19 c...Snoring now, hyperactive later?
...of snoring, as well as the tendency to struggle to breathe or stop breathing temporarily during the night, to breathe through the mouth during the day, to wake up feeling unrefreshed, or to have a hard time waking up. ...New RSV treatment for at-risk infants under study
... they start coughing, then may stop remembering to breathe as they develop bronchiolitis (inflammation of the small airways of the lungs) and potentially respiratory failure. We have actually had to put some of these babies on heart-lung bypass." The monoclonal antibody therapies target protein F on the surf...Mountainous plateau creates ozone 'halo' around Tibet
...no matter where ozone comes from you don't want to breathe it." Semple climbed the Yeli Pass in Bhutan in the autumn of 2004 while collecting data on weather and atmospheric changes. He measured the levels of ozone between 3,000 and 5,000 metres above sea level and discovered that instead of falling (as poll...Take a deep breath: UVA health system opens clinical trial of emphysema treatment
...inical trial to try and help people with emphysema breathe better. The study will test the safety and effectiveness of a bronchoscopic valve, an experimental device designed to channel air to healthier portions of the lung. The idea is to improve a patient's physical functioning, tolerance for exercise and g...Study shows inhaled medicine improves survival for lung transplant patients
...y the researchers. The formula enabled patients to breathe in high doses of the anti-rejection drug without hurting other organs. Such high doses, if given orally, would have a toxic impact on the kidneys. About half of the people in the study, in both the cyclosporine and the placebo groups, experienced som...UVa scientists hot on trail of therapies for deadly lung failure
...otein coupled receptors.) In ARDS, patients cannot breathe on their own because fluid gets into the lungs. Essentially, the body's immune system causes lung inflammation and accumulation of fluid in the air sacs, or alveoli, leading to low blood-oxygen levels. Up to 30 percent of patients in intensive care u...Advice to children with sleep apnea: Wear that night-time breathing device!
...pecial mask to bed helps children with sleep apnea breathe and sleep better, but a small, six-month study at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and two other pediatric hospitals suggests children aren't always using them consistently enough to reap the maximum benefits. The breathing masks, which deliver a gent...Sleep apnea treatment benefits the heart
...s improve with use of a device that helps patients breathe better during sleep, according to a new study in the April 4, 2006, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. "Not only are the shape and size of the heart affected, the right side of the heart was dilated and the heart muscle on t...Researchers win money to develop breath test to detect breast cancer
...act the metabolites. Theoretically, a woman could breathe into an over-the-counter device and cancer-indicating metabolites would be attracted into the nanopockets, thus causing the pored surface to fill and become dense. Then, an electrical charge would be applied so that the straight particles would bend,...Kids behave and sleep better after tonsillectomy, study finds
..., including a measure of how hard children work to breathe during the night, and another that looks for subtle changes in brain activity with every labored breathing cycle. The bottom line for parents, Chervin and his colleagues say, is that any child who snores regularly, or has other signs of breathing pro...Inhaled steroids preferred over cromolyn to treat asthma
Adults and children with asthma will breathe deeper and have better control over their asthma with inhaled corticosteroids than with the medicine cromolyn, according to a new review of recent studies comparing the two treatments. Adult asthma patients using inhaled steroids such as the brand na...Wearing compression stockings reduces risk of DVT on long-haul flights
... features: both sets tend to become dehydrated and breathe air that has a low humidity, and both groups do not move about very much. To counteract this lack of movement, patients in hospitals are often encouraged to wear stockings that apply pressure to the lower leg. The gentle pressure helps maintain blood...Steroids do not prolong survival in intensive care patients with ARDS on life support
...tilators and fluids. Some patients recover and can breathe on their own within a week or so. Others might need to be on mechanical support to help with breathing for longer periods of time, but they can develop long-term complications from ventilator use or other treatments. Because ARDS is related to infl...Many cleaners, air fresheners may pose health risks when used indoors
...nt of one of the terpene-containing products would breathe in about one quarter of the total daily guideline value for particulate matter. Multi-house cleaning by a professional home cleaner. Under this scenario, a person who cleans four houses a day, five days per week, 50 weeks per year, would take in ab...Radon testing as a campus community service
.... Once radon gas is inside the home, residents can breathe the radioactive substance into their lungs. January had been declared "Radon Action Month." Wright State chose January to offer radon detector detectors to the campus community. They would order quality, long-term radon detectors in bulk so that re...Inhaled nitric oxide reduces lung disease in premature babies
... the United States, the treatment may help them to breathe easier--and shorten their hospital stay. "Chronic lung disease is the most important long-term pulmonary complication for premature infants, so these results are very encouraging," said study leader Roberta A. Ballard, M.D., a neonatologist at The C......an be halved if they are given nitric oxide gas to breathe shortly after birth. Medics from the University of Leicester, King's College London and Medway hospitals are involved in the trial. Results of a similar US based study have recently been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Britain h...