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Synapse Biomedical completes enrollment in post-approval study of NeuRx DPS for ALS patients

Synapse Biomedical Inc. announced today it has completed the enrollment of the post-approval study of its NeuRx DPS System for ALS patients.

30 Sep 2014

Johnson & Johnson inks definitive deal to acquire Alios BioPharma

Johnson & Johnson today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Alios BioPharma, Inc., a privately held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for viral diseases, for approximately $1.75 billion in cash.

30 Sep 2014

New OSU study shows association between gas kitchen stove ventilation and asthma

Parents with children at home should use ventilation when cooking with a gas stove, researchers from Oregon State University are recommending, after a new study showed an association between gas kitchen stove ventilation and asthma, asthma symptoms and chronic bronchitis.

30 Sep 2014

Lpath closes $12.5 million registered direct offering

Lpath, Inc., the industry leader in bioactive lipid-targeted therapeutics, announced today the closing of its previously announced $12.5 million registered direct offering.

29 Sep 2014

Leading Cystic Fibrosis experts call for greater research on antibacterial resistance

World leading Cystic Fibrosis experts, from Queen's University Belfast, have called for greater research to address the major concern of antibacterial resistance.

29 Sep 2014

New, high-throughput method can sort 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes

University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Engineering mechanical engineer Yi Zuo has developed a new, high-throughput method for sorting cells capable of separating 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes.

29 Sep 2014

Study demonstrates longer-term benefits of Lung Flute for COPD patients

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) report improved symptoms and health status when they use a hand-held respiratory device called the Lung Flute-, according to a new study by the University at Buffalo. Usually caused by smoking, COPD, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.

29 Sep 2014

US children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function compared to UK counterparts

There are significant differences in the lung function of children and young adults in the United States (US) who have cystic fibrosis compared with those in the United Kingdom (UK).

27 Sep 2014

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust nominated twice for Health Service Journal Awards

SHEFFIELD Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been nominated twice for outstanding ideas improving patient care in the Health Service Journal Awards 2014 – one of the most coveted awards in healthcare.

27 Sep 2014

Dramatic videos of OSA patients increase CPAP usage

Like more than 20 million other Americans, John Brugger has been diagnosed with sleep apnea. He snored, tossed and turned and struggled to breathe during the night, which often left him not only exhausted the next day but also raised his risk of heart attack, stroke and car accidents.

26 Sep 2014

International organizations join forces to develop inhaled form of oxytocin for postpartum hemorrhage

An international group of public and private organizations is collaborating to accelerate development of an innovative heat-stable and low-cost inhaled form of oxytocin to manage postpartum hemorrhage in resource-poor settings.

26 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: New insurers suggest health law success; slow response on Ebola

Before Obamacare launched, conservative outlets warned that the law would collapse as insurers shunned the overpriced, overregulated insurance exchanges.

26 Sep 2014

More reliable cardiorespiratory fitness data can be obtained using lean mass proportional measures

A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland shows that scaling maximal oxygen uptake and maximal workload by body weight confounds measures of cardiorespiratory fitness. It has been a common practice in exercise testing to scale the results by body weight and, according to researchers, this practice should be abandoned. More reliable data on cardiorespiratory fitness can be observed by using lean mass proportional measures.

25 Sep 2014

UTHealth researchers awarded $1.3 million grant to study asthma risk in Texas health care workers

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health have been awarded a four-year, $1.3 million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to study how the risk of asthma has changed for health care workers in Texas over the last 10 years.

25 Sep 2014

NIH, CSU scientists provide evidence that supports camels as primary carrier of MERS-CoV

National Institutes of Health and Colorado State University scientists have provided experimental evidence supporting dromedary camels as the primary reservoir, or carrier, of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

25 Sep 2014

Screening and treating OSA patients prior to surgery reduce risk of cardiovascular complications

Scheduled for surgery? New research suggests that you may want to get screened and treated for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) before going under the knife. According to a first-of-its-kind study in the October issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists-, patients with OSA who are diagnosed and treated for the condition prior to surgery are less likely to develop serious cardiovascular complications such as cardiac arrest or shock.

24 Sep 2014

Tissue-level model of human airway musculature could pave way for patient-specific asthma treatments

The majority of drugs used to treat asthma today are the same ones that were used 50 years ago. New drugs are urgently needed to treat this chronic respiratory disease, which causes nearly 25 million people in the United States alone to wheeze, cough, and find it difficult at best to take a deep breath.

24 Sep 2014

Desaturation 'area under the curve' may help in monitoring patient safety during procedures

The "area under the curve of oxygen desaturation" (AUCDesat) may provide a more sophisticated approach to monitoring blood oxygen levels during procedures using sedation, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

24 Sep 2014

Yale University researchers study potential new treatment to reverse effects of pulmonary fibrosis

Yale University researchers are studying a potential new treatment that reverses the effects of pulmonary fibrosis, a respiratory disease in which scars develop in the lungs and severely hamper breathing.

23 Sep 2014

Daktari receives NIH SBIR grant to develop point-of-care sickle cell diagnostic test

Daktari Diagnostics, in collaboration with Harvard University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Zambia in Lusaka, is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant by the National Institute of Health for a point-of-care sickle cell diagnostic test.

23 Sep 2014

Respiratory News and Research

Synapse Biomedical completes enrollment in post-approval study of NeuRx DPS for ALS patients

Johnson & Johnson inks definitive deal to acquire Alios BioPharma

New OSU study shows association between gas kitchen stove ventilation and asthma

Lpath closes $12.5 million registered direct offering

Leading Cystic Fibrosis experts call for greater research on antibacterial resistance

New, high-throughput method can sort 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes

Study demonstrates longer-term benefits of Lung Flute for COPD patients

US children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function compared to UK counterparts

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust nominated twice for Health Service Journal Awards

Dramatic videos of OSA patients increase CPAP usage

International organizations join forces to develop inhaled form of oxytocin for postpartum hemorrhage

Viewpoints: New insurers suggest health law success; slow response on Ebola

More reliable cardiorespiratory fitness data can be obtained using lean mass proportional measures

UTHealth researchers awarded $1.3 million grant to study asthma risk in Texas health care workers

NIH, CSU scientists provide evidence that supports camels as primary carrier of MERS-CoV

Screening and treating OSA patients prior to surgery reduce risk of cardiovascular complications

Tissue-level model of human airway musculature could pave way for patient-specific asthma treatments

Desaturation 'area under the curve' may help in monitoring patient safety during procedures

Yale University researchers study potential new treatment to reverse effects of pulmonary fibrosis

Daktari receives NIH SBIR grant to develop point-of-care sickle cell diagnostic test

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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