US COPD fall ‘cause for cautious optimism’
US data show that during the previous decade, the age-adjusted prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease significantly declined. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - May 3, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Airway smooth muscle increased in preschool wheezers who develop asthma
Airway smooth muscle is increased in preschool children with severe wheeze who subsequently develop asthma, results from a UK study show. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - May 3, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Atopy’s immunologic properties change with age in asthma
The strength of interaction between atopy and elevated eosinophil levels in asthma decreases with age, a study finds. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - May 3, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
COPD-asthma overlap ‘needs greater recognition’
More attention should be given to patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and concomitant asthma, after a study showed that nearly one-fifth of patients with COPD fall into this subtype. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - May 2, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
GOLD predicts mortality in COPD
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease classification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease predicts mortality better than the 2011 ABCD scoring system, report Norwegian researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 30, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Overweight exacerbates air pollution symptoms in childhood asthma
Children with asthma who are overweight are more likely to experience symptoms after exposure to indoor air pollution than normal-weight asthmatic children, show study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 29, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Specific inflammatory pattern found in patients with pneumonia and COPD
Patients with community-acquired pneumonia on a background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a different early inflammatory pattern than patients with CAP only, a prospective study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 28, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Skin cancer may increase subsequent primary malignancy risk
Research suggests that people with non-melanoma skin cancer are at moderately increased risk for developing other primary malignancies in the future, particularly breast and lung cancer and melanoma. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 26, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Smokefree laws reduce adult asthma admissions
Results from a UK study show that legislation banning smoking in the workplace and enclosed public spaces significantly reduces emergency hospital admissions for asthma among adults. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 26, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
IP-10 and neopterin show promise as biomarkers for lung disease exacerbations
Australian researchers have identified interferon-γ inducible protein-10 and neopterin as promising sputum markers of acute exacerbations of obstructive lung disease. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 26, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Chinese bird flu continues to spread
The H7N9 avian influenza outbreak in China is continuing to spread, although authorities believe that the large majority of those affected did not become infected via human-to-human contact. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 24, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Nutritional supplementation boosts COPD rehabilitation
Combining high-carbohydrate nutritional supplementation with pulmonary rehabilitation may help reverse weight loss and muscle wasting in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 23, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Single allergen sensitization tests may miss cases in children
There is significant discordance between the results of allergen-specific skin prick tests and allergen-specific serum immunoglobulin E levels for identifying aeroallergen sensitization in children under the age of 4 years, a study finds. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 23, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
