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Could smart vital sign monitoring provide an early warning system for hospitals?

Vital signs have been around for a long period of time. Taking the pulse is probably one of the oldest examinations that doctors have made to assess patients.

21 Sep 2017

Study: 52-gene risk profile accurately predicts survival for patients with severe lung disease

An international Yale-led research team has shown that a risk profile based on 52 genes accurately predicts survival for patients with a severe lung disease. If confirmed in further studies, the finding could transform the way patients are treated for the condition, which is on the rise in older adults.

20 Sep 2017

Workers exposed to dispersants during oil spill cleanup experience range of health symptoms

Workers who were likely exposed to dispersants while cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill experienced a range of health symptoms including cough and wheeze, and skin and eye irritation, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health.

19 Sep 2017

Hospital design and effective decontamination can prevent spread of antibiotic-resistant infections

Hospitals should design premises and adapt their infection control routines to a society that no longer has effective antibiotics, and that is vulnerable to fast-spreading global pandemics. This is argued in a new dissertation from Lund University in Sweden.

18 Sep 2017

Getinge announces next edition of ICU Experience for improving patient care

Getinge announces the next edition of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Experience which will take place in the Getinge Experience Center, Rastatt on Tuesday 19 September 2017. Over 50 customers from across Europe, Middle East & Africa will be in attendance and have the opportunity to network with scientific experts and medical device industry.

18 Sep 2017

Global Burden of Disease study reveals latest findings on state of world’s health

Today, the Global Burden of Disease study publishes its latest global estimates for the state of the world’s health in The Lancet. The GBD is the only annual, comprehensive, peer-reviewed assessment of global trends in health, providing global and national estimates on more than 330 diseases, causes of death, and injuries in 195 countries and territories worldwide.

18 Sep 2017

Study estimates number of premature deaths from diesel car emissions in European countries

Since the late 1990s the share of diesel cars in the EU has risen to around 50% in the fleet, with important variations between countries. There are now more than 100 million diesel cars running in Europe, twice as many as in the rest of the world together.

18 Sep 2017

FDA grants accelerated approval to new drug for treating relapsed follicular lymphoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Aliqopa (copanlisib) for the treatment of adults with relapsed follicular lymphoma who have received at least two prior treatments known as systemic therapies.

14 Sep 2017

Abnormalities in common brain chemical linked to sudden infant death syndrome

University of Adelaide researchers have confirmed that abnormalities in a common brain chemical are linked to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

14 Sep 2017

Pharmaceutical compound from leaves of coralberry may help combat asthma

The coralberry could offer new hope for asthmatics: researchers at the University of Bonn have extracted a new kind of active pharmaceutical ingredient from its leaves to combat this widespread respiratory disease. In mice, it almost completely inhibits the characteristic contraction of the airways.

14 Sep 2017

New software could allow thermal cameras in mobile phones to track breathing problems

Researchers have developed new software that makes it possible to use low-cost, thermal cameras attached to mobile phones to track how fast a person is breathing.

13 Sep 2017

Automated messages, telemonitoring effective in improving CPAP adherence among OSA patients

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea(OSA) are more likely to use CPAP, or continuous positive airway pressure, when their use is telemonitored and they receive individualized, automated messages that reinforce therapy adherence, according to a randomized, controlled trial published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

13 Sep 2017

Insmed reports top-line data from Phase 3 study of new treatment in patients with NTM lung disease

Insmed Incorporated, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the unmet needs of patients with rare diseases, today announced top-line data from its Phase 3 CONVERT study.

13 Sep 2017

Tackling misdiagnosis of asthma in primary care

There are three kinds of problem – though we do not have any reliable quantitative data to know how common they are. Firstly, there is sometimes a delay in making an asthma diagnosis in people who have asthma – this is less common than in the past, but it still happens.

13 Sep 2017

Antibody therapy found effective in subgroup of patients with treatment-resistant COPD

An antibody treatment reduces the rate of flare-ups by nearly 20 percent in patients with a subgroup of treatment-resistant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the results of two large international trials presented today at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy, and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

12 Sep 2017

People with severe emphysema may breathe better after EBV therapy, study shows

People with severe emphysema may breathe better after a minimally invasive procedure that places valves in the airways leading to diseased portions of their lungs, according to a randomized, controlled trial published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

12 Sep 2017

Human cell-based methods could better identify asthma-causing chemicals, research suggests

Chemicals that could potentially cause asthma through an immune reaction could be better identified with human cell- and computer-based test methods, according to a new research paper co-authored by the Physicians Committee's Kristie Sullivan, M.P.H., in Applied In Vitro Toxicology.

11 Sep 2017

Studies highlight risks associated with using e-cigarettes

Two new studies presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress highlight the risks associated with using e-cigarettes, especially for those who also smoke conventional cigarettes.

11 Sep 2017

Asian dust exposure associated with onset of myocardial infarction

A recent environmental epidemiological study by Japanese researchers has shown that Asian sand particles blown to Japan from desert areas of the Asian continent are associated with the onset of myocardial infarction.

11 Sep 2017

BioCote Silver Ion Antimicrobial Technology makes surfaces inhospitable to influenza viruses

Strike a chord please, especially in light of the BMJ's article on Tuesday about the ineffectiveness of the flu vaccine for elderly last year - just wanted to make you also aware of the ultimate surface protection against viruses like H1N1, plus all the proliferating superbugs.

11 Sep 2017

Respiratory News and Research

Could smart vital sign monitoring provide an early warning system for hospitals?

Study: 52-gene risk profile accurately predicts survival for patients with severe lung disease

Workers exposed to dispersants during oil spill cleanup experience range of health symptoms

Hospital design and effective decontamination can prevent spread of antibiotic-resistant infections

Getinge announces next edition of ICU Experience for improving patient care

Global Burden of Disease study reveals latest findings on state of world’s health

Study estimates number of premature deaths from diesel car emissions in European countries

FDA grants accelerated approval to new drug for treating relapsed follicular lymphoma

Abnormalities in common brain chemical linked to sudden infant death syndrome

Pharmaceutical compound from leaves of coralberry may help combat asthma

New software could allow thermal cameras in mobile phones to track breathing problems

Automated messages, telemonitoring effective in improving CPAP adherence among OSA patients

Insmed reports top-line data from Phase 3 study of new treatment in patients with NTM lung disease

Tackling misdiagnosis of asthma in primary care

Antibody therapy found effective in subgroup of patients with treatment-resistant COPD

People with severe emphysema may breathe better after EBV therapy, study shows

Human cell-based methods could better identify asthma-causing chemicals, research suggests

Studies highlight risks associated with using e-cigarettes

Asian dust exposure associated with onset of myocardial infarction

BioCote Silver Ion Antimicrobial Technology makes surfaces inhospitable to influenza viruses

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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