Prevnar13:Vaccination in elders prevents them from Pneumonia Vinay Singh singh27 May 2018 7:25 PM IST13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) found to be effective in patients ≥65 years old against hospitalization for vaccine-type...
Metered-dose inhalers lead to better asthma control than dry-powder inhalers Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 March 2018 7:30 PM ISTMany patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma do not use inhaler devices properly, which can contribute to poor disease...
Smoking associated with increased risk of hearing loss Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 March 2018 7:25 PM ISTIt is well established that cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduces the health of smokers in general...
COPD exacerbations due to Eosinophilic inflammation benefit from Mepolizumab Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli30 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTIan D. Pavord et al.in two phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group trials found that Patients with chronic obstructive...
Most cost effective treatments for lung disease identified Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli27 Oct 2017 7:15 PM ISTThe most cost effective treatments are: patient education and self management for asthma; stop smoking support for chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Large increase in rate of death from chronic respiratory diseases Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Sept 2017 10:15 AM ISTBetween 1980 and 2014, the rate of death from chronic respiratory diseases, such as COPD, increased by nearly 30 percent overall in the U.S., although...
Stem cell therapy for lung fibrosis conditions Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Aug 2017 12:00 PM ISTA team of scientists from the UNC School of Medicine and North Carolina State University (NCSU) has developed promising research towards a possible...
Ventilatory management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adults: BTS , ICS guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap28 Sept 2016 9:59 AM ISTAHRF ( acute hypercapnic respiratory failure) results from an inability of the respiratory pump, in concert with the lungs, to provide sufficient...
