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More than 40 plant-based compounds can turn on genes that slow the spread of cancer

More than 40 plant-based compounds can turn on genes that slow the spread of cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study by a Washington State University researcher.

28 Aug 2012

Spinal cord stimulation could become novel treatment option for heart failure

Spinal cord stimulation improves heart function and could become a novel treatment option for heart failure, according to research presented at the ESC Congress 2012 today, August 25, by Professor Hung-Fat Tse from Hong Kong.

28 Aug 2012

Allegro Diagnostics announces results from BronchoGen genomic test trial on lung cancer

Allegro Diagnostics today announced that results from its AEGIS (Airway Epithelium Gene Expression In the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer) clinical trials, to determine the accuracy of the BronchoGen genomic test, have been accepted for an oral presentation during the late-breaking abstract session at CHEST 2012 on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. The abstract will also be published in a supplement of the October 2012 issue of CHEST.

28 Aug 2012

Nearly 7% of urologic MDCT scans for hematuria result in incidental findings

A new study from Rhode Island Hospital reports that nearly seven percent of urologic multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans for hematuria result in incidental findings that may be clinically important for the patient. The study is published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

28 Aug 2012

Oral FluCide drug candidates effective in reducing lung viral load: NanoViricides

NanoViricides, Inc. announced today that anti-influenza drug candidates under its FluCide program, when given orally, were nearly as effective as when administered as IV injections in terms of reduction in lung viral load.

27 Aug 2012

New data from Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer's tiotropium clinical studies on asthma, COPD

New data to be presented at the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS 2012), in Vienna, Austria, will shed light on the current and potential future role of tiotropium, the first once-daily long-acting inhaled anticholinergic for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

27 Aug 2012

MedQIA develops new software that forms the basis of Imaging Biomarker Information System

MedQIA has developed a software toolkit of image analysis routines that forms the basis of an Imaging Biomarker Information System (IBIS).

27 Aug 2012

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer receives ACCME accreditation

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) has been awarded Provisional Accreditation as a Continuing Medical Education (CME) provider by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

26 Aug 2012

Electronic cigarettes far less harmful and may be beneficial to health

Smoking is the most preventable risk factor for cardiac and lung disease and is expected to cause 1 billion deaths during the 21st century. Electronic cigarettes have been marketed in recent years as a safer habit for smokers, with several millions of people already using them worldwide.

26 Aug 2012

Study addresses important early risk factors of cardiovascular health in adolescents

Early exposure to tobacco smoke is associated with various adverse health outcomes in children and adolescents, including low birth weight and impaired lung growth and function.

26 Aug 2012

State Senator honors UCLA lung transplant doctors during special ceremony

Dr. Abbas Ardehali, professor of cardiothoracic surgery and director of the UCLA Heart and Lung Transplant program, and Dr. David Ross, professor of pulmonology and medical director of the UCLA Lung Transplant program, were honored by State Senator Sharon Runner (R-Antelope Valley) during a special ceremony at the State Senate Chamber in Sacramento on Aug. 21.

24 Aug 2012

Dartmouth’s professor shares news of DAR-901 TB vaccine development

Tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide attributable to a single infectious agent, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). With 8.8 million cases in 2010 and 95 percent of TB deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries, the disease continues to be a major public health problem in the developing world. In a July address to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Dartmouth's C. Fordham (Ford) von Reyn shared news of a promising vaccine in the works.

24 Aug 2012

GlcNAc plays a key role in keeping cancerous monsters ‘fed’

Behaving something like ravenous monsters, tumors need plentiful supplies of cellular building blocks such as amino acids and nucleotides in order to keep growing at a rapid pace and survive under harsh conditions. How such tumors meet these burgeoning demands has not been fully understood.

24 Aug 2012

Results from Biodesix VeriStrat phase II advanced lung cancer trials

Biodesix today announced that VeriStrat results from two phase II advanced lung cancer trials will be presented at the upcoming 2012 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology.

24 Aug 2012

Study helps explain how human airways clear sticky mucus out of the lungs

A runny nose and a wet cough caused by a cold or an allergy may not feel very good. But human airways rely on sticky mucus to expel foreign matter, including toxic and infectious agents, from the body.

24 Aug 2012

Influenza virus can change microRNA expression to control immune responses in human lung cells

When you are hit with the flu, you know it immediately -- fever, chills, sore throat, aching muscles, fatigue. This is your body mounting an immune response to the invading virus. But less is known about what is happening on the molecular level.

24 Aug 2012

Lung cells not affected by tiny fibres: Study

Health risks posed to people who work with tiny fibres used in manufacturing industries could be reduced, thanks to new research.

23 Aug 2012

Blood clotting treatment algorithms help decrease transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery patients

In patients who undergo cardiac surgery, severe perioperative bleeding and its treatment are often associated with increases in major cardiac and non-cardiac adverse events and greater mortality. A study from the September issue of Anesthesiology determined certain blood clotting treatment algorithms helped decrease blood transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery patients and were associated with improved outcomes and hospital cost-savings.

23 Aug 2012

Blood cells returned to stem cell state by Johns Hopkins researchers

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.

22 Aug 2012

Coronary artery calcium tool proves effective in detecting risk of cardiovascular disease

Heart calcium scans are far superior to other assessment tools in predicting the development of cardiovascular disease in individuals currently classified at intermediate risk by their doctors, according to researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

22 Aug 2012

Lungs News and Research

More than 40 plant-based compounds can turn on genes that slow the spread of cancer

Spinal cord stimulation could become novel treatment option for heart failure

Allegro Diagnostics announces results from BronchoGen genomic test trial on lung cancer

Nearly 7% of urologic MDCT scans for hematuria result in incidental findings

Oral FluCide drug candidates effective in reducing lung viral load: NanoViricides

New data from Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer's tiotropium clinical studies on asthma, COPD

MedQIA develops new software that forms the basis of Imaging Biomarker Information System

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer receives ACCME accreditation

Electronic cigarettes far less harmful and may be beneficial to health

Study addresses important early risk factors of cardiovascular health in adolescents

State Senator honors UCLA lung transplant doctors during special ceremony

Dartmouth’s professor shares news of DAR-901 TB vaccine development

GlcNAc plays a key role in keeping cancerous monsters ‘fed’

Results from Biodesix VeriStrat phase II advanced lung cancer trials

Study helps explain how human airways clear sticky mucus out of the lungs

Influenza virus can change microRNA expression to control immune responses in human lung cells

Lung cells not affected by tiny fibres: Study

Blood clotting treatment algorithms help decrease transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery patients

Blood cells returned to stem cell state by Johns Hopkins researchers

Coronary artery calcium tool proves effective in detecting risk of cardiovascular disease

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