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New study highlights exposure of infants to harmful pollutants during school drop-in hours

Babies in prams accompanying older siblings on the school run are twice as likely to be exposed to harmful air pollution in the morning than in the afternoon, a new study has found.

9 Mar 2017

GASERA introduces disruptive analyzer to protect humans from acute health problems

Formaldehyde can cause acute health problems and possibly even cancer. With the new portable product, GASERA ONE FORMALDEHYDE, we can monitor the indoor and outdoor background levels reliably for the first time.

From Gasera 9 Mar 2017

Hormonal factors play role in making women more susceptible to asthma and allergies

Women suffer more frequently and more severely from pollen and food allergies and therefore also from asthma.

7 Mar 2017

European scientists developing new Augmented Reality visor to improve accuracy of surgical interventions

The VOSTARS (‘Video Optical See-Through Augmented Reality surgical System’) medical visor is a head-mounted display (HMD) system that is capable of superimposing the patient’s x-ray images in perfect 3D unison with their anatomy.

7 Mar 2017

Siemens Healthineers introduces new platform for computed tomography at ECR 2017

For the first time at ECR in Vienna (March 1 – 5) the healthcare division of Siemens AG will be appearing under its new brand – Siemens Healthineers – and with the motto, “Let’s shape the future of healthcare together”.

3 Mar 2017

New absorption technique helps improve quality of life for people with allergic asthma

Allergies are the commonest cause of asthma. The immune system over-reacts to harmless substances such as birch or grass pollen, for example, forming immunoglobulin E antibodies (IgE).

3 Mar 2017

Cigarette smoke blocks lung's self-healing that can lead to COPD

Smoke from cigarettes blocks self-healing processes in the lungs and consequently can lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

2 Mar 2017

'Congestion tax' linked to nearly 50% drop in asthma rates among children

When Stockholm, Sweden, introduced a "congestion tax" to discourage driving in the center of town, traffic eased and the pollution level dropped by between 5 and 10 percent.

1 Mar 2017

Asian pollution, heat waves contribute to persistence of smog in the U.S.

An influx of pollution from Asia in the western United States and more frequent heat waves in the eastern U.S. are responsible for the persistence of smog in these regions over the past quarter century despite laws curtailing the emission of smog-forming chemicals from tailpipes and factories.

1 Mar 2017

Study offers hope of improved treatment for people with severe asthma

Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a 'step closer' after a research team led by the University of Leicester identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing.

1 Mar 2017

Inhaler patients’ common mistakes can impact amount of medicine that reaches the lungs

Tens of millions of Americans with lung disease use metered-dose inhalers each day, and new studies by Rice University electrical engineers and pulmonologists at Baylor College of Medicine have identified critical errors that are causing many inhaler users to get only about half as much medicine as they should from each puff.

28 Feb 2017

Newly discovered gene variants increase risk of anxiety disorders

Several newly discovered variants of a gene increase the risk of developing anxiety disorders. A research team aims to derive new therapies from this finding which are better tailored to the individual patients.

24 Feb 2017

Decoding the Exposome Through Breath Biomarkers

The human exposome is probably best defined as “everything that is not the genome.” This is a bit tongue in cheek, but basically, the exposome is comprised of all of the chemicals in your body from the environment, food, consumer products, their metabolites, the endogenous “housekeeping” chemicals, the cellular wastes from energy production, as well as all of the messenger compounds and life supporting chemicals.

From Pittcon 24 Feb 2017

Breathing News and Research

New study highlights exposure of infants to harmful pollutants during school drop-in hours

GASERA introduces disruptive analyzer to protect humans from acute health problems

Hormonal factors play role in making women more susceptible to asthma and allergies

European scientists developing new Augmented Reality visor to improve accuracy of surgical interventions

Siemens Healthineers introduces new platform for computed tomography at ECR 2017

New absorption technique helps improve quality of life for people with allergic asthma

Cigarette smoke blocks lung's self-healing that can lead to COPD

'Congestion tax' linked to nearly 50% drop in asthma rates among children

Asian pollution, heat waves contribute to persistence of smog in the U.S.

Study offers hope of improved treatment for people with severe asthma

Inhaler patients’ common mistakes can impact amount of medicine that reaches the lungs

Newly discovered gene variants increase risk of anxiety disorders

Decoding the Exposome Through Breath Biomarkers

Millions of preterm births linked to outdoor air pollution

Gene therapy treats myotubular myopathy in dogs

Salk scientists create circuitoids to study rhythmic pattern in neurons

Emory researchers reveal 'matchmaker' role for protein linked to SMA

Children of parents affected with C9orf72 mutations more likely to have FTD and ALS at younger age

NHS offers new immersive reality treatment to help children with autism overcome phobias

Sports-related concussion causes short-term impairment of cardiovascular system, study finds

Enhancing confidence in chemical ionization spectrometry data eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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