Respiratory Archives - Page 18 of 175

Are Sydney pollutants driving childhood asthma?

The first study of the effects of Sydney’s air pollution on the development of asthma has been carried out at […]

Urgent GP call! Identify and vaccinate patients at higher risk of pneumococcal …

Before April 2011, all patients aged 65 years were eligible to receive a pneumococcal vaccination and a second vaccination at 70 […]

First ‘breathing lung’ transplant in US

Fernando Padilla could barely breathe or walk more than a few steps. An incurable disease, pulmonary fibrosis, was causing his […]

Critically ill flu patients saved with artificial lung technology

In recent weeks the intensive critical care units at University Health Network’s Toronto General Hospital have used Extra Corporeal Lung […]

Lung cancer detection by CT scanning

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are looking into the widespread implementation of computed-tomography (CT) scanning for the early detection of […]

Small, portable sensors allow users to monitor exposure to pollution

Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a small fleet of portable pollution sensors that allow […]

More children surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest

Hospitalised children who suffer cardiac arrest are nearly three times more likely to survive than they were about a decade […]

A Study to Compare Subcutaneous Versus Intravenous Administration of RoActemra/…

This randomised, double-blind, parallel group study will compare the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous (sc) versus intravenous (iv) administration of […]