Imatinib improves symptoms for patients with severe asthma: Study supriya kashyap kashyap18 May 2017 6:05 PM ISTMast cells, a type of white blood cell, are present in the airways of severe asthmatics even in the face of aggressive treatment, and their presence...
Heart attack risk increases 17-fold following respiratory infections supriya kashyap kashyap17 May 2017 2:03 PM ISTThe risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory infection, University of Sydney research has...
Prototype drug uses novel mechanism to treat lung cancer supriya kashyap kashyap17 May 2017 9:55 AM ISTCells are constantly turning proteins on and off via molecular switches -- phosphate molecules -- that have become common drug targets. Said Dr....
Chronic cough due to gastroesophageal reflux in adults : ACP Guideline supriya kashyap kashyap15 May 2017 1:25 PM ISTGastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common causes of chronic cough in all age groups. When GERD is the cause of chronic cough,...
New lung organoids in a dish mimic features of full-size lung supriya kashyap kashyap14 May 2017 9:57 AM ISTNew York, NY -New lung "organoids"--tiny 3-D structures that mimic features of a full-sized lung--have been created from human pluripotent stem cells...
Drug Resistant TB to make up 1 in 10 cases by 2040, India to miss target: LANCET supriya kashyap kashyap10 May 2017 4:10 PM ISTNew Delhi : A new study has found that India could witness an alarming spike in cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the next two decades....
Testosterone explains why women more prone to asthma supriya kashyap kashyap10 May 2017 10:16 AM ISTAn international research team has revealed for the first time that testosterone protects males against developing asthma, helping to explain why...
Adaptive radiotherapy reduces pneumonitis while controlling lung cancer supriya kashyap kashyap6 May 2017 4:39 PM ISTVienna : Lung cancer patients who are treated with radiotherapy can develop an inflammation of the lung tissue called pneumonitis; this can limit the...
Men need more frequent lung cancer screening than women supriya kashyap kashyap4 May 2017 10:50 AM ISTMen need more frequent lung cancer screening than women, according to research presented at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC).The US...
Acute respiratory distress syndrome making people Jobless supriya kashyap kashyap1 May 2017 9:14 AM ISTAccording to a new multicenter study, nearly half of previously employed adult survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome were jobless one year...
Asthma drug helps patients with skin disorder supriya kashyap kashyap9 April 2017 10:41 AM ISTPatients who develop itchy wheals in response to cold or friction benefit from treatment with omalizumab, a drug normally used to treat asthma. Two...
Antibody is effective against radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis supriya kashyap kashyap3 April 2017 1:03 PM ISTRadiation therapy is part of the treatment regimen for about two thirds of cancer patients. Radiotherapy is well tolerated in most cases, but it can...
