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Air pollutants trigger allergic cough in urban Indian population

Living in India and inhaling lungful of polluted air every day is like being a chronic smoker according to a recent report by India’s State-Level Disease Burden Initiative. This partly explains why many people in urban India have a persistent dry and hacking cough even if they don’t have asthma or have never smoked.

27 Dec 2018

SLU researcher aims to eliminate TB with focus on high-risk patients

In a recent paper published in PLOS One, Soumya Chatterjee, M.D., assistant professor of infectious diseases, allergy and immunology at Saint Louis University, presents data to show that a focus on high-risk tuberculosis patients may be the answer to stalled progress in stamping out the illness in the United States.

19 Dec 2018

Study of infrequent cannabis users compares adverse effects of vaping and smoking

In a small study of infrequent cannabis users, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that, compared with smoking cannabis, vaping it increased the rate of short-term anxiety, paranoia, memory loss and distraction when doses were the same.

4 Dec 2018

Bacteria in babies' noses could offer clues to recovery from first cough or cold

New research on the types of bacteria living in babies' noses could offer clues as to why some recover quickly from their first cough or cold, while others suffer for longer.

3 Dec 2018

New lung cancer guides aim to drive better outcomes and care

Two new, national guides that aim to drive better outcomes and care for all people affected by lung cancer were released by Cancer Australia today. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in Australia with an estimated 25 people dying every day from the disease in 2018.

22 Nov 2018

Self-care program for COPD patients reduces emergency room visits and burdensome symptoms

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a program designed to enhance self-care and lead to more seamless management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults successfully reduced rates of emergency room visits and hospitalization, and the burdensome symptoms and limitations caused by the condition.

21 Nov 2018

Report: Half of parents say young children are afraid of doctor's visits

A trip to the pediatrician's office can be a nerve-wracking experience for both children and their parents, especially when efforts to calm young patients down dominate the visit.

15 Oct 2018

New standard of care aims to prevent deaths caused by largely preventable blood clots

A new nationally agreed standard of care released today (Thursday) aims to reduce the tens of thousands of Australian lives put at risk each year by largely preventable blood clots, which kill four times more people than road accidents.

12 Oct 2018

FDA approves new drug for treatment of lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new drug, Arikayce, for the treatment of lung disease caused by a group of bacteria, Mycobacterium avium complex in a limited population of patients with the disease who do not respond to conventional treatment.

29 Sep 2018

New TB vaccine effective in half of the population in phase II trials

GlaxoSmithKline has come up with an experimental vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) that has shown effective prevention of the infection in half of the population it has been administered to. This could be a breakthrough in preventing the killer disease say researchers since most of the recent vaccines developed against the disease have failed to show efficacy.

26 Sep 2018

Top three immune boosting recommendations to ward off freshers’ flu

Those heading to university this autumn, or returning student’s, might’ve heard of the dreaded freshers’ flu. But don’t let it fool you, it isn’t actually a form of flu.

20 Sep 2018

Newly discovered marker can identify patients who would benefit from novel asthma treatments

Researchers at RCSI, Stanford University and Oregon Health Sciences University have discovered a marker which can help determine which asthma patients are likely to benefit from a new treatment which targets inflammatory cells called Eosinophils.

6 Sep 2018

Low-income Californians feel twice the burn from wildfires

Viviana Aguirre, 14, knows the air is bad when she has to reach for her inhaler once, maybe twice a week.

4 Sep 2018

FDA recalls montelukast tablets by Camber Pharmaceuticals due to drug mix-up

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers and health care professionals about a voluntary recall of one lot of Montelukast Sodium Tablets – lot number MON17384, expiration 12/31/2019 – by Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Piscataway, N.J. Sealed bottles labeled as montelukast sodium tablets, 10 milligram, 30-count bottle from Camber were found to instead contain 90 tablets of Losartan Potassium Tablets, 50 mg.

3 Sep 2018

Coughing News and Research

Air pollutants trigger allergic cough in urban Indian population

SLU researcher aims to eliminate TB with focus on high-risk patients

Study of infrequent cannabis users compares adverse effects of vaping and smoking

Bacteria in babies' noses could offer clues to recovery from first cough or cold

New lung cancer guides aim to drive better outcomes and care

Self-care program for COPD patients reduces emergency room visits and burdensome symptoms

Report: Half of parents say young children are afraid of doctor's visits

New standard of care aims to prevent deaths caused by largely preventable blood clots

FDA approves new drug for treatment of lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex

New TB vaccine effective in half of the population in phase II trials

Top three immune boosting recommendations to ward off freshers’ flu

Newly discovered marker can identify patients who would benefit from novel asthma treatments

Low-income Californians feel twice the burn from wildfires

FDA recalls montelukast tablets by Camber Pharmaceuticals due to drug mix-up

NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn offers advanced robot-assisted surgery to treat complex hernias

TB Alliance initiates SimpliciTB to test if new four-drug regimen can treat most types of tuberculosis

Measles cases on the rise in Europe

Breathing ‘a chore’: California wildfires threaten the health of young and old

World Lung Cancer Day: FIRS commemorates and supports lung cancer patients

'The Pediatric Asthma Yardstick' offers guidance to treat children of all ages

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