Obesity linked to poor asthma control in boys
Boys who are obese are more likely to have poor asthma control than their normal-weight peers, study results show. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 5, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Cardiac abnormalities ‘highly prevalent’ after first severe COPD exacerbation
Results from a Spanish study show that cardiac abnormalities are common among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients who have experienced their first severe exacerbation. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 5, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Sit-to-stand test predicts 2-year COPD mortality
The sit-to-stand test can predict 2-year mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 5, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Tobacco smoke increases AIM expression in alveolar macrophages
Results from a Japanese study suggest that apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage expression in conjunction with smoking is associated with the increased accumulation of alveolar macrophages in the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 4, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Air pollution increases neural tube defect risk for unborn babies
A high level of exposure to air pollution in early pregnancy significantly increases the risk for congenital birth defects, suggest US study findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - April 3, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Inhaled steroids may increase S. pneumoniae infection risk
Children with asthma who regularly use inhaled corticosteroids are at significantly increased risk for oropharyngeal colonization by Staphylococcus pneumonia, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - March 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Serum heavy metal levels increased in lung disease patients
Results from a large US study suggest that individuals with obstructive lung disease, particularly smokers, have significantly increased blood levels of cadmium and lead. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - March 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
COPD benzodiazepine warning
Canadian researchers have found that benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), despite their known association with adverse respiratory outcomes. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - February 26, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
‘Traffic light’ guide for pediatric bacterial infection needs refining
Study results suggest that a “traffic light” system for categorizing the severity of infections in children fails to detect a substantial number of serious bacterial infections, particularly urinary tract infections. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - February 26, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
COPD has negative prognostic impact in heart attack patients
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with an increased risk for death and hospital readmission for cardiovascular causes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - February 22, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Gas transfer predicts survival in lung disease patients
Gas transfer is the best lung function predictor of survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, study results suggest. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - February 22, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease risk increased in COPD
Chronic respiratory disease is a significant risk factor for non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, results from a French study show. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - February 22, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Exhaled nitric oxide shows promise as childhood asthma predictor
High levels of exhaled nitric oxide in infancy predict asthma development in later childhood, show study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - February 21, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Income inequality equals more hospital readmissions
Patients living in areas of uneven wealth-distribution are at an increased risk for hospital readmission, according to US research findings published in the BMJ. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - February 20, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Optimal lung cancer screening nodule size questioned
Researchers challenge the definition of a positive result in first-round lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography in the Annals of Internal Medicine. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)
Source: MedWire News - Respiratory - February 19, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
