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Birth defects more prevalent in mountaintop coal mining areas

Birth defects are significantly more common in areas of mountaintop coal mining and are on the rise as the practice becomes more common, according to a study by researchers at Washington State University and West Virginia University.

24 Jun 2011

Psychosocial stress may enhance lung-damaging effects of traffic-related pollution in children

Psychosocial stress appears to enhance the lung-damaging effects of traffic-related pollution (TRP) in children, according to new research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.

24 Jun 2011

Adeona enters agreement to begin proprietary zinc-based therapy Phase IIb trial in ALS

Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a developer of innovative medicines for serious central nervous system diseases, announced today that it has expanded its pipeline of proprietary zinc-based therapies to include a planned Phase IIb clinical trial of patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

24 Jun 2011

Surgical lung injury prediction model can help identify patients at high risk of ALI

A new study in the July issue of Anesthesiology helped developed a model that could determine which patients are at high risk of developing acute lung injury.

23 Jun 2011

Mothers receiving influenza vaccination during pregnancy also protect infants

Infants born to mothers who received the influenza (flu) vaccine while pregnant are nearly 50 percent less likely to be hospitalized for the flu than infants born to mothers who did not receive the vaccine while pregnant, according to a new collaborative study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues.

23 Jun 2011

'Copilots' for physicians in intensive care units could reduce mortality rates

Caring for patients in a medical intensive care unit in a hospital and flying a 747 are complicated tasks that require tracking thousands of important details, some of which could get overlooked. That's why the pilot has a checklist and a copilot to make sure nothing slips by.

23 Jun 2011

Pycnogenol, CoQ10 combination boost heart function

A recent study published in Panminerva Medica reveals that a Pycnogenol and Coenzyme Q10 combination taken by stable heart failure patients as an adjunct to medical treatment naturally strengthens the heart, increasing the blood volume ejected with each beat.

22 Jun 2011

Respira reports results of DPI drug engine clinical study against COPD, asthma

Respira Therapeutics, a product development company focused on inhaled therapeutics to improve patients' lives, today announced the results of a clinical feasibility study of the Company's drug engine technology.

21 Jun 2011

Every second counts when performing cardiac arrest resuscitation

A new study has found the number of people who survive after suffering a cardiac arrest outside a hospital drops significantly if the pause between stopping CPR and using a defibrillator to administer an electric shock is longer than 20 seconds.

21 Jun 2011

Pulmatrix introduces novel iSPERSE inhaled dry powder drug delivery platform

Pulmatrix, a clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing a new class of therapies for the prevention, treatment and control of respiratory diseases, today announced the launch of iSPERSE, the company's novel inhaled dry powder drug delivery platform.

20 Jun 2011

Australians getting fatter but living longer and smoking less: Health report card

Experts formulating a report on Australia’s health related figures say that Australian men and women are living longer than ever thanks to a drop in deaths from notorious diseases and cancer, but the rising weight has left the door open to a host of new health problems. The key finding of a major study released today was that excess weight carried by one in four children and more than 60 per cent of adults was contributing to an increase in chronic diseases across the country.

19 Jun 2011

Cervical ripening that instigates preterm birth is distinct from normal term labor

Cervical ripening that instigates preterm labor is distinct from what happens at the onset of normal term labor, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

18 Jun 2011

First artificial lung transplantation in toddler performed at St. Louis Children's Hospital

Two-year-old Owen Stark came to St. Louis Children's Hospital in the summer of 2010 near death from heart failure and dangerously high blood pressure in his lungs.

17 Jun 2011

Aradigm demonstrates top line data from ORBIT-1 ARD-3100 Phase 2b study for bronchiectasis

Aradigm Corporation today announced positive top line data from its recently concluded Phase 2b study (Once-Daily Respiratory Bronchiectasis Inhalation Treatment - ORBIT-1) with Aradigm's ciprofloxacin for inhalation (CFI, ARD-3100, LipoquinTM) in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (BE).

16 Jun 2011

Serious RSV infections may occur in previously healthy infants and children

For most parents, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) isn't a familiar term. But it's a common cause of serious respiratory infections with a major impact on the health of infants and young children worldwide, according to a special CDC Review Article in the June issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

16 Jun 2011

Long carbon nanotubes could cause cancer in the lung lining

Tiny fibres used to strengthen everyday products such as bicycle frames and hockey sticks could pose health hazards to those involved in their manufacture.

15 Jun 2011

Russian CRO market expects to report yearly growth of 9.5% between 2009 and 2017

The Russian CRO market is set to emerge as a distinct competitor in the global CRO market, expected to report yearly growth of 9.5% between 2009 and 2017, according to a new report on companiesandmarkets.com.

15 Jun 2011

Meda presents new positive results from Dymista Phase-III trial on AR at EAACI 2011

Meda presents new positive results from a Phase-III clinical trial of Dymista at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) in Istanbul, Turkey.

15 Jun 2011

Majority of World Trade Center responders show no long-term decrease in lung function

Ninety-five percent of officers in the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit (ESU) who responded to the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster show no long-term decrease in lung function, reports a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

14 Jun 2011

Cypress receives FDA approval for ZUTRIPRO, REZIRA NDA to treat cough and common cold

Cypress Pharmaceutical announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug application (NDA) for ZUTRIPRO Oral Solution (CIII) and REZIRA Oral Solution.

14 Jun 2011

Respiratory News and Research

Birth defects more prevalent in mountaintop coal mining areas

Psychosocial stress may enhance lung-damaging effects of traffic-related pollution in children

Adeona enters agreement to begin proprietary zinc-based therapy Phase IIb trial in ALS

Surgical lung injury prediction model can help identify patients at high risk of ALI

Mothers receiving influenza vaccination during pregnancy also protect infants

'Copilots' for physicians in intensive care units could reduce mortality rates

Pycnogenol, CoQ10 combination boost heart function

Respira reports results of DPI drug engine clinical study against COPD, asthma

Every second counts when performing cardiac arrest resuscitation

Pulmatrix introduces novel iSPERSE inhaled dry powder drug delivery platform

Australians getting fatter but living longer and smoking less: Health report card

Cervical ripening that instigates preterm birth is distinct from normal term labor

First artificial lung transplantation in toddler performed at St. Louis Children's Hospital

Aradigm demonstrates top line data from ORBIT-1 ARD-3100 Phase 2b study for bronchiectasis

Serious RSV infections may occur in previously healthy infants and children

Long carbon nanotubes could cause cancer in the lung lining

Russian CRO market expects to report yearly growth of 9.5% between 2009 and 2017

Meda presents new positive results from Dymista Phase-III trial on AR at EAACI 2011

Majority of World Trade Center responders show no long-term decrease in lung function

Cypress receives FDA approval for ZUTRIPRO, REZIRA NDA to treat cough and common cold

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