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Wireless remote monitoring: the future for patients with atrial fibrillation?

Peerbridge Health has the vision to remove all wires associated with monitoring patients. For example, typically, electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring systems have a multitude of wires. They started building a wireless ECG monitoring system called the Peerbridge Cor™ to improve ECG monitoring from the ground up.

9 Aug 2017

Researchers shed new light on MS relapse during upper respiratory infections

For most of us, the flu is just the flu. We suffer through it for several days, and eventually bounce back. But for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases, the flu can trigger a cascade of immune responses that result in a full-blown relapse of the disease.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers identify decreased brain pH levels in mouse models of mental disorders

Your body's acid/alkaline homeostasis, or maintenance of an adequate pH balance in tissues and organs, is important for good health.

7 Aug 2017

New SAROS™ 15 oxygen concentrator for combat casualty care launched by Caire

CAIRE Inc. formally announced the launch of the new SAROS™ 15 oxygen concentrator for combat casualty care today at its respiratory Center of Excellence in Ball Ground.

7 Aug 2017

Tackling food allergies: is immunotherapy the answer?

Food allergies affect approximately 8% of school children in the United States and the United Kingdom. The highest prevalence of food allergies is in Australia affecting approximately 10% of young children. It is lower in the developing world.

7 Aug 2017

Computer analysis of oxygen levels overnight may be easy, reliable way to detect pediatric sleep apnea

Computer analysis of oxygen levels in the blood during sleep could – by itself – provide an easy, relatively inexpensive and sufficiently reliable way to determine which children who snore habitually could benefit from a diagnosis and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.

4 Aug 2017

Cellular aging process can promote idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis can possibly be attributed to a kind of cellular aging process, which is called senescence. This has been shown by researchers from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, partner in the German Center for Lung Research.

4 Aug 2017

New study shows how gut microbes can prevent severe flu infections in mice

Microbes that live in the gut don't just digest food. They also have far-reaching effects on the immune system.

3 Aug 2017

Shrinking Salton Sea contributes to dust sources with potential to impact human health

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside investigating the composition of particulate matter (PM) and its sources at the Salton Sea have found that this shrinking lake in Southern California is exposing large areas of dry lakebed, called playa, that are acting as new dust sources with the potential to impact human health.

3 Aug 2017

Researchers develop potential stem cell treatment for several lung conditions

A team of scientists from the UNC School of Medicine and North Carolina State University has developed promising research towards a possible stem cell treatment for several lung conditions, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis -- often-fatal conditions that affect tens of millions of Americans.

3 Aug 2017

Tiny molecule in the immune system could help develop cure for common cold

A tiny molecule found in the immune systems of humans and animals could be used to develop a cure for the common cold, new research suggests.

3 Aug 2017

Music therapy helps strengthen muscle activity in people with Parkinson's disease

Elizabeth Stegemöller arranged a circle of metal folding chairs around a piano as clients started arriving for a weekly music therapy class for people with Parkinson's disease.

2 Aug 2017

Researchers identify new methods that could improve treatment for infectious diseases

Researchers have discovered new methods that could improve treatment for infectious diseases by enabling earlier detection of influenza outbreaks and curtailing inappropriate antibiotic usage. The findings were presented today at the 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo in San Diego.

2 Aug 2017

Identification of risk factors, beginning early interventions can prevent heart failure progression

Heart failure can quickly develop or become worse during a hospital stay, even when it isn't the primary cause for admission.

1 Aug 2017

Biomedical researcher wins $1.9 million federal grant to develop enhanced influenza vaccines

Dr. Sang-Moo Kang, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has renewed a four-year, $1.9 million federal grant to develop influenza vaccines that offer enhanced protection against a broad range of influenza virus strains.

31 Jul 2017

Study finds current annual TB screening in North America to be costly with limited health benefits

Tuberculosis (TB) is a recognized hazard for healthcare workers, but the annual screening strategy currently in place in Canada and the United States is costly with very limited health benefits and should be reconsidered, according to a new study led by a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.

31 Jul 2017

Respiratory News and Research

Wireless remote monitoring: the future for patients with atrial fibrillation?

Researchers shed new light on MS relapse during upper respiratory infections

Researchers identify decreased brain pH levels in mouse models of mental disorders

New SAROS™ 15 oxygen concentrator for combat casualty care launched by Caire

Tackling food allergies: is immunotherapy the answer?

Computer analysis of oxygen levels overnight may be easy, reliable way to detect pediatric sleep apnea

Cellular aging process can promote idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

New study shows how gut microbes can prevent severe flu infections in mice

Shrinking Salton Sea contributes to dust sources with potential to impact human health

Researchers develop potential stem cell treatment for several lung conditions

Tiny molecule in the immune system could help develop cure for common cold

Music therapy helps strengthen muscle activity in people with Parkinson's disease

Researchers identify new methods that could improve treatment for infectious diseases

Identification of risk factors, beginning early interventions can prevent heart failure progression

Biomedical researcher wins $1.9 million federal grant to develop enhanced influenza vaccines

Study finds current annual TB screening in North America to be costly with limited health benefits

Materials released by water-pipe rehabilitation technology may pose potential health hazards

Scientists developing new tool to help physicians reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics

Juvenescence AI to develop first compounds generated by Insilico's deep-learned drug discovery engines

New test effective in identifying deployment-related lung disease in military personnel

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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