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Research identifies pressure-sensing protein behind gut motility

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis - moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle.

25 Mar 2025

CDC confirms black-legged ticks can cause red meat allergy in humans

Researchers confirmed that black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) can trigger alpha-gal syndrome in humans. A 10-year surveillance in Maine identified 23 confirmed cases of the meat allergy outside the lone star tick’s known range.

23 Mar 2025

Targeted rehab exercises improve lung health and mobility in long COVID patients

Pulmonary rehabilitation significantly improves physical capacity, lung function, and quality of life in long COVID patients, with the greatest benefits seen in 4-8 week programs combining breathing and multicomponent exercises.

20 Mar 2025

Surgery reduces health care visits in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing

Surgical removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) appears to significantly reduce the frequency of medical office visits and prescription medicine use in this group, according to a clinical study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

17 Mar 2025

Dry air exposure linked to dehydration and inflammation in human airways

In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and inflammation when exposed to dry air, an occurrence expected to increase due to global warming.

17 Mar 2025

New AI tool revolutionizes sleep analysis with comprehensive sleep data

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine have developed a powerful AI tool, built on the same transformer architecture used by large language models like ChatGPT, to process an entire night's sleep.

17 Mar 2025

Combination immunotherapy improves treatment response for head and neck cancer

Researchers conducting a clinical trial of immunotherapy drugs for people with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) found that patients responded better to a combination of two immunotherapies than patients who received just one immunotherapy drug.

13 Mar 2025

COVID-19 discovery could open the door to new treatments for chronic lung diseases

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have discovered how severe COVID-19 can destroy immune cells' ability to repair the lungs, helping explain the lingering effects of long COVID.

13 Mar 2025

How to manage allergies in children

When a child's sniffles and sneezing won't go away for weeks, the cause might be allergies.

13 Mar 2025

How eating more calories helps lower asthma risk in children - but only up to a point

Children and adolescents in the U.S. who consume higher amounts of dietary energy have a lower risk of asthma, but this protective effect stops beyond 56.442 kcal per kilogram of body weight per day. The study found an L-shaped relationship, suggesting that insufficient energy intake may heighten asthma risk.

12 Mar 2025

Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects, say doctors

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found.

12 Mar 2025

Time of day and season affect asthma test results

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found.

11 Mar 2025

Fentanyl poisonings among children in the U.S. increase sharply over eight years

Incidents of children in the U.S. being poisoned by the synthetic opioid fentanyl "increased and became more severe", a new study reveals.

8 Mar 2025

New clinical trial tests 3D-printed devices for treating tracheobronchomalacia in infants

A new clinical trial will allow researchers to study 3D-printed bioresorbable devices aimed at treating children with rare and life-threatening airway condition tracheobronchomalacia.

6 Mar 2025

New consensus report aims to improve anaphylaxis treatment worldwide

A groundbreaking consensus report on anaphylaxis – the severe reaction some people experience from bee stings, peanut butter exposures, medications, and the like – has been released by the Global Allergy and Asthma Excellence Network (GA2LEN) and recently published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

4 Mar 2025

Study reveals key cause of ventilator-induced lung injury

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli-air sacs in the lungs essential for breathing-during mechanical ventilation may cause microscopic tissue damage, playing a key role in ventilator-related injuries that contribute to thousands of deaths annually.

3 Mar 2025

Obesity rates among children and adolescents predicted to soar by 2050

Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study.

3 Mar 2025

Understanding the benefits and risks of hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is well known for treating scuba and deep-sea divers affected by the rapid change in pressure around them. But did you know that HBOT is also used to treat a variety of other health problems, including carbon monoxide poisoning and diabetic foot ulcers?

28 Feb 2025

Study reveals how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer's disease

Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs.

28 Feb 2025

Lung expansion interventions fail to reduce breathing problems after abdominal surgery

A new study, published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, tested whether a set of interventions to keep lungs expanded before, during, and after abdominal surgery could lower the risk of serious breathing problems in patients compared to the usual care at 17 academic hospitals in the U.S.

25 Feb 2025

Breathing News and Research

Research identifies pressure-sensing protein behind gut motility

CDC confirms black-legged ticks can cause red meat allergy in humans

Targeted rehab exercises improve lung health and mobility in long COVID patients

Surgery reduces health care visits in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing

Dry air exposure linked to dehydration and inflammation in human airways

New AI tool revolutionizes sleep analysis with comprehensive sleep data

Combination immunotherapy improves treatment response for head and neck cancer

COVID-19 discovery could open the door to new treatments for chronic lung diseases

How to manage allergies in children

How eating more calories helps lower asthma risk in children - but only up to a point

Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects, say doctors

Time of day and season affect asthma test results

Fentanyl poisonings among children in the U.S. increase sharply over eight years

New clinical trial tests 3D-printed devices for treating tracheobronchomalacia in infants

New consensus report aims to improve anaphylaxis treatment worldwide

Study reveals key cause of ventilator-induced lung injury

Obesity rates among children and adolescents predicted to soar by 2050

Understanding the benefits and risks of hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Study reveals how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer's disease

Lung expansion interventions fail to reduce breathing problems after abdominal surgery

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