News Feature Channel: Respiratory Diseases and Disorders

How to Keep Older Adults Out of the Hospital During Flu Season

Cedars-Sinai — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:45:48 EST

The flu might be a miserable weeklong illness and inconvenience for many people, but it can have serious consequences for older adults.

Zinc Deficiency Promotes Acinetobacter Lung Infection: Study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:40:13 EST

The study findings point to the potential of interleukin-13 antibodies -- approved for use in humans -- as a treatment to protect against bacterial pneumonia in patients with zinc deficiency.

Study Challenges Assumptions About How Tuberculosis Bacteria Grow

Tufts University — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:50:19 EST

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed to maintain a consistent growth rate throughout its life cycle. These findings, reported by researchers on November 15 in the journal Nature Microbiology, overturn core beliefs of bacterial cell biology and hint at why the deadly pathogen so readily outmaneuvers our immune system and antibiotics.

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University and Hackensack University Medical Centers Achieve Excellence in Life Support Care

Hackensack Meridian Health — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:15:03 EST

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center are the only New Jersey hospitals to achieve the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization's (ELSO) Gold Level Center of Excellence in Life Support Award.

E-Cigarette Residue Exposure in Utero Shows Lasting Effects on Immune Response

American Physiological Society (APS) — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:00:19 EST

Results from a new animal study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology found that maternal exposure to e-cigarette residues, with or without nicotine, affected offspring's immune response later in life.

Snuff Out Teen Smoking: Johns Hopkins Children's Center Expert Available for Interviews

Johns Hopkins Medicine — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:00:04 EST

More than 10% of high school students in the U.S. smoke or use other tobacco products -- with most using e-cigarettes, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's National Youth Tobacco Survey.

Researchers Reveal Why a Key Tuberculosis Drug Works Against Resistant Strains

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:35:09 EST

Rutgers Health study uncovers vulnerabilities in drug-resistant TB, offering hope for improved treatments.

Ongoing Drought and Wildfires Across New Jersey and Northeast Lead To Poor Air Quality Warnings

Hackensack Meridian Health — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:45:07 EST

Expert pitch on smoke dangers from wildfires

Every Two Minutes, Someone in the U.S. is Diagnosed with Lung Cancer

UC San Diego Health — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:00:43 EST

Six-Year-Old From Tennessee Meets His Hero: A Thoracic Surgeon From Chicago Who Helps Cancer Patients

Northwestern Medicine — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:50:57 EST

At six years old, Luke Bucciarelli (pronounced BOO-cha-relli) already knows he wants to be a surgeon when he grows up. But not just any surgeon - a thoracic surgeon; someone who operates on organs in the chest, including the lungs, esophagus, trachea and heart.

World Pneumonia Day, Nov. 12: 2.2 Million Lives Lost to Pneumonia in 2021

American Thoracic Society (ATS) — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:25:13 EST

Urgent action is needed, to prevent pneumonia deaths among high-risk groups, particularly children younger than five years and older people, noted the American Thoracic Society and its Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) partners. New effective preventive interventions are available, but these are still inaccessible in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Pandemic-Era Increase in Alcohol Use Persists

Keck Medicine of USC — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:00:00 EST

Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck Medicine of USC study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Lung Cancer Awareness Month: A Call to Action for Asian American Women

Hackensack Meridian Health — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:20:53 EST

Expert Available: Lung Cancer Awareness Month

George Washington University — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:00:58 EST

November is lung cancer awareness month and according to the American Cancer Society, nearly 130,000 lives are lost each year to lung cancer. ...

Number of Whooping Cough Cases on Rise Nationally

Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:15:07 EST

Whooping cough is making a comeback, and medical providers say the highly contagious bacterial infection that causes severe coughing fits is preventable. During the COVID-19 pandemic, whooping cough, also known as pertussis, declined dramatically.

Houston Methodist Tuberculosis Expert Ed Graviss says U.S. Experiencing its Highest Number of TB Cases in 10 Years

Houston Methodist — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:10:09 EST

New Device Would Help Those with Chronic Conditions Get Timely Treatment

University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:15:37 EST

Husker engineer Eric Markvicka is developing a new approach for detecting acute exacerbations of chronic conditions.

Lurie Children's Study to Link Genetics and Long-Term Cardiorespiratory Outcomes of Children Born Prematurely for More Precise Diagnosis and Treatment

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:50:55 EST

Infants born more than three months prematurely are at high risk for lung disease - called bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) - that often persists through childhood, manifesting as wheezing or abnormalities in lung or heart function.

Deteccion de indicios de cancer de pulmon en el aliento exhalado

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:10:29 EST

En un estudio publicado en la revista ACS Sensors, investigadores informan del desarrollo de sensores ultrasensibles a nanoescala que, en pruebas a pequena escala, distinguen un cambio clave en la quimica del aliento de personas con cancer de pulmon.

Detecting Evidence of Lung Cancer in Exhaled Breath

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:00:00 EST

Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors provide early diagnoses -- and improve patients' prospects. In a study in ACS Sensors, researchers report developing ultrasensitive, nanoscale sensors that in small-scale tests distinguished a key change in the chemistry of the breath of people with lung cancer. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month.