Spacers have advantages over nebulizers for childhood asthma
... beta-2 agonists, medications that help "open" the lungs to ease breathing in asthma attacks. The review a... medication into a mist breathed directly into the lungs through a face mask or mouthpiece. Nebulizers are the traditional method for treating asthma attacks...For patients with severe lung injury, less is more
... flowing to other organs, but could further damage lungs by adding to the amount of fluid build-up. "Fluid management is a complex issue, and, until now, it was not clear whether providing more or less fluids was more beneficial," noted Gordon Bernard, MD, director of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary an...Holes in heart not a common cause of stroke in general population, study finds
... blood clots to pass through the heart, bypass the lungs and go to the brain. Mayo's study, published in the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, contradicts previous PFO studies. Past studies may have overestimated the relationship between PFOs and stroke risk due to a variety of biases, Mayo physicians ...Tobacco smoke linked to allergic rhinitis in infants
...inate tobacco smoke from their homes. "An infant's lungs and immune system are still developing in the first year of life," says Grace LeMasters, PhD, coauthor and principal investigator of the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study (CCAAPS). "Environmental tobacco smoke puts harmful particul...Long airplane flight does not appear to increase risk of blood clots
...eins) and pulmonary embolism (clots passing to the lungs where they may obstruct the blood flow), has been associated with long-haul air travel, but it has been unclear whether this is due to the effects of sitting for a long time, or whether there is a relationship with some other specific factor in the a...Inhaled steroids help young children breathe but do not prevent chronic asthma
...the development of asthma in its tracks while the lungs are still developing in young children known to be at high risk," said NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD. "Although this study shows that inhaled corticosteroids do not prevent chronic asthma, it provides clear evidence that inhaled corticostero...JCI table of contents: May 1, 2006
...e severe allergic inflammation and fibrosis in the lungs of C57BL/6 mice than in Balb/c mice. They went on to show that these differences are, to great extent, due to differences in adenosine metabolism in these animals and can be regulated by interventions that modulate activity of the enzyme adenosine de...Steroids do not prolong survival in intensive care patients with ARDS on life support
...e is to get enough oxygen into the blood until the lungs are functioning again. Patients are placed in the ...ids are sometimes used in the hopes of helping the lungs heal. Earlier small or observational studies have suggested that moderate doses of steroids given 7 ...Binghamton University research focuses on heart health in rural women
...be more appropriate to show her images of smokers' lungs or provide information about the dangers of smoking. "I believe that people are ready to change habits at different times," Stewart Fahs said. "We will be matching our interventions to a person's readiness to change." Graduate student Nikki Austin ha...Antibiotic proves successful in tackling symptoms of acute asthma
...f steroids, which help control inflammation of the lungs and bronchodilators to open airways. The researchers tested telithromycin, an antibiotic made by sanofi-aventis and not currently used for treating asthma, as part of the TELICAST (TELIthromycin, Chlamydophila and ASThma) study. The study investigat...Research provides promising evidence of new drug therapies in lethal lung disease
...AH is caused when the smaller blood vessels in the lungs become more resistant to blood flow forcing the ri...the pulmonary arteries to dilate which lessens the lungs resistance to blood flow and reduces the workload of the heart. "It is an extremely exciting time fo...Commonly used blood pressure medication prevents aortic aneurysm in mice with Marfan syndrome
...003 showed that overstimulation of TGF-beta in the lungs and heart valve was triggered by a deficiency of f...n the aorta, very similar to what was found in the lungs and heart valve," says study co-lead author Jennifer Pardo Habashi, M.D., a pediatric cardiology fel...ISHLT celebrates 20th anniversary of infant cardiac transplantation
... routine bronchoscopy a visual examination of the lungs through a lighted, flexible tube in pediatric lung transplant recipients during the first year after transplant frequently identified silent rejection episodes. Because episodes of rejection are correlated with long-term complications, this study s...Assessment model gauges lung cancer risk based on medical history and genetics
...es are believed to stimulate an immune response in lungs that help fight initial tumor development, Schabath says. The model is a work in progress, says senior author Margaret Spitz, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology. "It appears to be reasonably accurate in that we can correctly ...... by means of our lungs. In normal development, the lungs of the foetus are filled with amniotic liquid and,...n problem that premature babies have is that their lungs are not well formed. Moreover, they often lack surfactant, a compound formed by proteins and lipids ...Panel finds insufficient evidence to recommend for or against maternal-request Caesarean delivery
... pregnancy or without verification that the fetus' lungs have matured sufficiently to avoid newborn respiratory complications. In its report, the panel also expressed concern that a woman might choose a Caesarean delivery because effective pain management would not be available at the facility in which sh...Cystic fibrosis research could benefit from multi-functional sensing tool
...g between cells, especially in the nervous system, lungs and kidneys. Improved understanding of cellular communication can lead to new strategies for treating diseases, Mizaikoff added: "Being able to operate sensors in an electrochemical imaging mode at the micro- and nanoscale is an exciting opportunity...Beta carotene slows decline in lung power associated with ageing
... FEV1 measures the volume of air forced out of the lungs in one second after taking a deep breath, and is a critical indicator of lung power. It naturally declines with age. Between 1992 and 2000, the average decline in FEV1 was just under 30 ml a year. But the drop off was significantly slower in those in......nsplantation with 185 individuals who received two lungs between 1994 and 2000. "For patients younger than 60 years, performance of a single lung transplant was associated with superior survival," said Dr. Estenne. "This was attributable to excessive early mortality in the bilateral group, as no survival d...... percent as a consequence of fluid overload in the lungs and other body tissues. Aggressive treatment with diuretics is a mainstay of therapy. Now, a new study suggests that a more effective approach is to withdraw the patient's blood through tubing in a small vein, circulate it through a filtering system...