Children may be 'allergic to school'
Chalk dust can contain milk protein, triggering respiratory symptoms. Many of today’s school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a… read more.
Chalk dust can contain milk protein, triggering respiratory symptoms. Many of today’s school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a… read more.
Chalk dust can contain milk protein, triggering respiratory symptoms. Many of today’s school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a… read more.
A bacterial protein in common house dust may worsen allergic responses to indoor allergens, according to research conducted by the National Institutes of Health and Duke University. The… read more.
Rural communities might need different CPR recommendations than urban settings. Hands-only CPR (CPR without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation), may not be the best method for rural or remote areas or… read more.
Greater sensitivity, with lower radiation dose, allows for faster treatment, reported at 93rd AATS Annual Meeting. Lung cancer is associated with very high mortality, in part because it… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the NEJM – Approximately 90 percent of children who have two copies of a genetic variation and who wheezed when they had… read more.
Researchers reported encouraging but preliminary results of gene-based immune therapy in two children with relapsed and refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Up to 2009 there is no statistically significant evidence of any reduction in smoking amongst men – and very little evidence of a reduction in smoking amongst women… read more.
It is well known that COPD patients run a higher risk of contracting respiratory infections. However, a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows that they are… read more.
Bronchiectasis is independently associated with an increased mortality risk in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD, according to a new study from researchers in Spain.
The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus hCoV-EMC has risen to 14, according to the CDC.
Levels of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), a key measure of airway inflammation related to asthma, are substantially lower in non-asthmatic younger children than older ones, a researcher… read more.
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