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New research shows mother's milk helps baby to make copies of maternal immune cells

Scientists have long understood that mother's milk provides immune protection against some infectious agents through the transfer of antibodies, a process referred to as "passive immunity."

8 Oct 2016

Kessler Foundation receives Spinal Cord Injury Model System Grant from NIDILRR

Kessler Foundation has been awarded a Spinal Cord Injury Model System grant valued at $2,300,000 over 5 years (2016-2021) from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.

7 Oct 2016

First comprehensive center opened in Tri-State area to mark new era in care of DMD patients

Nearly 1,000 boys in the New York Tri-State area have been diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and, until now, had to travel out of the state for comprehensive care.

7 Oct 2016

New study focuses on preserving microbe-fighting power of antibiotics

Of the 10 million prescriptions for antibiotics that emergency department physicians in the U.S. write each year, many are prescribed for known viral infections such as acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections, which do not respond to antibiotics.

7 Oct 2016

Climate change has negative consequences for patients' health, survey finds

A survey of international members of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) found that 96 percent of respondents agreed that climate change is occurring and 81 percent indicated that climate change has direct relevance to patient care.

7 Oct 2016

Penn Medicine awarded CDC grant to develop new approaches to combat antibiotic resistance

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded more than $1 million by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop new approaches to combat antibiotic resistance.

6 Oct 2016

Alcohol consumption at early age linked to increase of psychopathological symptoms

Alcohol consumption onset between eleven and thirteen years old is associated with an increased risk of psychological disorders in the future, according to a study conducted by the Complutense University of Madrid.

4 Oct 2016

Can vitamin D reduce asthma attacks? An interview with Professor Adrian Martineau

In the past vitamin D was just thought to be important in regulating calcium homeostasis and bone health as vitamin D deficiency is best known for causing rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.

4 Oct 2016

Researchers find key risk factors for physical decline among survivors of ARDS

A new study by a team of Johns Hopkins researchers found that most survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) decline physically in the five years after hospital discharge, and those at higher levels of risk of decline are older and had greater medical problems prior to hospitalization for ARDS.

3 Oct 2016

Scientists find evidence of link between coronavirus and neurological disease

For the first time, researchers have found proof of a direct association between strain OC 43 of the human coronavirus (HCoV) and neurological disease in humans.

3 Oct 2016

Researchers uncover pneumonia causing bacteria as trigger for autoimmune disease GBS

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute life-threatening disease of the nervous system that leads to sensory disturbances and acute flaccid paralysis.

3 Oct 2016

Household dust exposes people to potentially harmful chemicals, study finds

Household dust exposes people to a wide range of toxic chemicals from everyday products, according to a study led by researchers at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.

3 Oct 2016

Graded aerobic treadmill testing safe, tolerable in young patients with sports-related concussion

Graded aerobic treadmill testing is safe, tolerable, and useful in evaluating and managing cases of sports-related concussion in children and adolescents.

3 Oct 2016

New WHO model provides detailed air pollution-related health data

A new World Health Organization air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits. Information is presented via interactive maps, highlighting areas within countries that exceed WHO limits.

30 Sep 2016

High indoor temperatures may worsen COPD symptoms

High indoor temperatures appear to worsen symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, particularly in homes that also have high levels of air pollutants, according to new research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

30 Sep 2016

Parents do not perceive need to vaccinate children against influenza, study finds

Despite the fact that influenza leads to more hospitalizations and deaths among children than any other vaccine-preventable disease, parents frequently decline vaccinating their children against influenza because they don't perceive the need, according to a new case-control study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

30 Sep 2016

HPV vaccine can decrease incidence of cervical pre-cancers among young women, research shows

Every 20 minutes, someone in the United States receives a cancer diagnosis related to human papillomavirus. HPV causes cancer of the cervix, anus and throat.

29 Sep 2016

Component in red wine and grapes can suppress inflammation linked to airway disease

A component of red wine and grapes can help control inflammation induced by a bacterial pathogen that is linked to upper respiratory tract inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and middle ear infection (otitis media), according to a study by researchers at Georgia State University.

28 Sep 2016

GACD funds international research projects that aim to prevent, manage chronic lung diseases

Members of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases are funding more than thirteen international research projects into the prevention and management of chronic lung diseases.

28 Sep 2016

Aflatoxin exposure can weaken airways' defenses opening door for severe respiratory diseases

Toxins from mold found growing on nuts or corn can weaken the airways' self-clearing mechanisms and immunity, opening the door for respiratory diseases and exacerbating existing ones, suggests a study in Nature Scientific Reports published this month from otolaryngology researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

27 Sep 2016

Respiratory News and Research

New research shows mother's milk helps baby to make copies of maternal immune cells

Kessler Foundation receives Spinal Cord Injury Model System Grant from NIDILRR

First comprehensive center opened in Tri-State area to mark new era in care of DMD patients

New study focuses on preserving microbe-fighting power of antibiotics

Climate change has negative consequences for patients' health, survey finds

Penn Medicine awarded CDC grant to develop new approaches to combat antibiotic resistance

Alcohol consumption at early age linked to increase of psychopathological symptoms

Can vitamin D reduce asthma attacks? An interview with Professor Adrian Martineau

Researchers find key risk factors for physical decline among survivors of ARDS

Scientists find evidence of link between coronavirus and neurological disease

Researchers uncover pneumonia causing bacteria as trigger for autoimmune disease GBS

Household dust exposes people to potentially harmful chemicals, study finds

Graded aerobic treadmill testing safe, tolerable in young patients with sports-related concussion

New WHO model provides detailed air pollution-related health data

High indoor temperatures may worsen COPD symptoms

Parents do not perceive need to vaccinate children against influenza, study finds

HPV vaccine can decrease incidence of cervical pre-cancers among young women, research shows

Component in red wine and grapes can suppress inflammation linked to airway disease

GACD funds international research projects that aim to prevent, manage chronic lung diseases

Aflatoxin exposure can weaken airways' defenses opening door for severe respiratory diseases

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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