Tuesday, 09 December 2025

Researchers develop algorithm to find possible misdiagnosis

Added: 16.02.2021 14:43 | 215 views | 0 comments

Researchers have developed an algorithm that can identify patients who may have been wrongly diagnosed. With the help of digital disease history, the algorithm is able to register disease trajectories that differ so much from normal trajectories that there may be a misdiagnosis. The algorithm has been developed on the basis of data from several hundreds of thousands of COPD patients.

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Hyaluronan is effective in treating chronic lung disease

Added: 01.02.2021 16:59 | 211 views | 0 comments

Researchers found that inhaling unfragmented hyaluronan improves lung function in patients suffering from severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Hyaluronan, a sugar secreted by living tissue that acts as a scaffold for cells, is also used in cosmetics as a skin moisturizer and as a nasal spray to moisturize lung airways. Utilized as a treatment, hyaluronan decreased the number of days in the hospital.

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Scientists reverse deadly impacts of asthma in mice

Added: 13.01.2021 15:08 | 214 views | 0 comments

Excess mucus in the lungs can be fatal for asthma patients, but scientists have broken up those secretions at the molecular level and reversed their often deadly impacts.

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Drug discovery study identifies promising new compound to open constricted airways

Added: 04.01.2021 14:46 | 209 views | 0 comments

In a preclinical study, researchers identified and characterized 18 new compounds (agonists) that activate bitter taste receptor subtype TAS2R5 to promote relaxation of human airway smooth muscle cells. The cross-disciplinary team found 1,10 phenanthroline-5,6-dione (T5-8 for short) was 1,000 times more potent than some of the other bronchodilator agonists tested, and it demonstrated marked effectiveness in human airway smooth muscle cells grown in the laboratory.

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New research may explain severe virus attacks on the lungs

Added: 30.12.2020 19:19 | 217 views | 0 comments

In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases. The study may contribute to future treatments for COVID-19, among other diseases.

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Healthy muscles are a carrot on a string for healthy lungs

Added: 02.12.2020 14:51 | 214 views | 0 comments

Scientists show effectiveness of carrot-based Japanese herbal medicine called 'Ninjin'yoeito' in improving muscle atrophy in the hind legs of mice exposed to cigarette smoke, positioning the medicine as a potential treatment for sarcopenia frailty-related complications with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Tags: Cigars , Japan , LEGO , Scientists

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Insulators in Alberta at higher risk of chest infections, COPD

Added: 30.11.2020 15:12 | 220 views | 0 comments

Construction workers in Alberta, Canada who work with hazardous insulation materials are much more likely to be affected by repeated chest infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to new research.

Tags: Alberta , Canada , Cher , Workers

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Understanding lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis

Added: 19.11.2020 18:10 | 212 views | 0 comments

For young people with cystic fibrosis, lung infection with Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, is common and is treated with antibiotics in the hope that this will prevent a decline in lung function. However there has recently been debate over the role S. aureus plays in CF lung disease. Researchers have used a new model of CF lungs which could be used to make better decisions about future use of antibiotics.

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Early-life events linked to lung health in young adulthood

Added: 12.11.2020 13:09 | 220 views | 0 comments

Early-life events, such as the exposure to air pollutants, increases the risk of chronic lung disease in young adulthood, according to new results. The studies add to the growing evidence that chronic lung disease in adulthood can be traced back to childhood.

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Face masks unlikely to cause over-exposure to carbon dioxide, even in patients with lung disease, study finds

Added: 02.10.2020 14:10 | 205 views | 0 comments

New research findings contradict statements linking wearing face masks to carbon dioxide poisoning by trapping carbon dioxide. During the COVID-19 pandemic the wearing of face masks has become a highly political issue with some individuals falsely claiming that wearing face masks may be putting people's health at risk.

Tags: Mel B. , Panda

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Cannabinoids associated with negative respiratory health effects in older adults with COPD

Added: 30.09.2020 13:52 | 211 views | 0 comments

Cannabinoids, a class of prescription pills that contain synthetically-made chemicals found in marijuana, are associated with a 64 per cent increase in death among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the first published data on the impact of cannabinoids on the respiratory health of individuals with the lung disease.

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Researchers draw more links between vaping, smoking, young people, and coronavirus

Added: 10.09.2020 14:00 | 214 views | 0 comments

Vapers, smokers, and non-smokers with chronic conditions are all at higher risk for COVID-19. The scientific explanation behind this is complex and not yet certain -- but it may boil down to an enzyme known as ACE2, that lives on the surface of many cells in the lungs and serves as the entry point for the coronavirus.

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Bronchitis as a child predicts worse lung health in middle age

Added: 04.09.2020 0:59 | 218 views | 0 comments

People who had bronchitis at least once before the age of seven are more likely to develop lung problems in later life, according to new research. However, the lung diseases they suffer from by the age of 53 were usually asthma and pneumonia rather than chronic bronchitis.

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Protein produced by the nervous system may help treatments for inflammatory diseases

Added: 17.08.2020 20:04 | 212 views | 0 comments

Researchers have discovered a protein produced by nervous system may be key to treating inflammatory diseases like asthma, allergies, chronic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Tags: Allergies , Mel B.

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New practice guidelines on non-invasive ventilation in chronic stable Hypercapnic COPD

Added: 17.08.2020 15:42 | 213 views | 0 comments

Medical researchers have released new clinical practice guidelines to help advise clinicians on the optimal management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic hypercapnia. Hypercapnia is the buildup of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream.

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Asthma does not seem to increase the severity of COVID-19, research team finds

Added: 06.07.2020 14:41 | 211 views | 0 comments

Researchers say further study is needed, but those with the chronic respiratory disease don't appear to be at a higher risk of getting extremely ill or dying from coronavirus.

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Undersized airways may explain why nonsmokers get COPD

Added: 09.06.2020 19:44 | 221 views | 0 comments

A mismatch between airway and lung size may explain why some nonsmokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not, according to a new study.

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Mucus breakthrough could help patients breathe easy

Added: 13.05.2020 13:17 | 211 views | 0 comments

New insights into the molecular mechanisms driving mucus viscosity were have been discovered. A discovery about how mucus thickness is regulated could help to improve airway-clearing treatment options for people with chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma, cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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COPD and smoking associated with higher COVID-19 mortality

Added: 11.05.2020 19:21 | 209 views | 0 comments

Current smokers and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have an increased risk of severe complications and higher mortality with COVID-19 infection, according to a new study.

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COPD as a lung stem cell disease

Added: 15.04.2020 18:36 | 202 views | 0 comments

Two stem cell researchers have found an abundance of abnormal stem cells in the lungs of patients who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a leading cause of death worldwide. The team, who used single cell cloning of lung stem cells to make their discovery, is now targeting the cells for new therapeutics.

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Source: www.sciencedaily.com

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