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Released: 30-Jan-2020 8:50 AM EST
Which flu are you? New research firmly establishes how our first exposure to a flu virus sets on our immunity for life
McMaster University

The first type of influenza virus we are exposed to in early childhood dictates our ability to fight the flu for the rest of our lives, according to a new study from a team of infectious disease researchers at McMaster University and Université de Montréal.

Released: 29-Jan-2020 6:20 PM EST
Immune responses to tuberculosis mapped across 3 species
Washington University in St. Louis

A new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis offers a genetic road map detailing the similarities and differences in immune responses to TB across three species — mice, macaques and humans. According to the researchers, the insight into the immune pathways that are activated in diverse models of TB infection will serve as a valuable tool for scientists studying and working to eradicate the disease.

Released: 29-Jan-2020 5:00 PM EST
Infectious Disease Experts Sound Alarm Over Risk of Outbreaks in U.S. Border Detention Centers
University of Maryland School of Medicine

– Over the past year, at least seven children have died from diseases including influenza while being detained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency. Infectious disease experts at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) called for protections like influenza vaccinations to prevent serious outbreaks.

28-Jan-2020 2:05 PM EST
Physicians and Regulators Must Act on NELSON Study published in NEJM to Support Widespread Lung Cancer Screening
American College of Radiology (ACR)

The Dutch-Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening Trial, known as the NELSON trial (de Koning et al), published Jan. 29 in NEJM, reconfirms that screening high-risk patients greatly reduces lung cancer deaths. Regulators and physicians should act to ensure access to these lifesaving exams.

Released: 29-Jan-2020 3:40 PM EST
UCLA researchers find chronic inflammation contributes to cancer metastasis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

The study reveals a detailed epigenetic mechanism for how interleukin-1-beta, a common cytokine that helps fight infections during inflammation, plays a critical role in cancer metastasis.

28-Jan-2020 10:25 AM EST
Does Lung Damage Speed Pancreatic Cancer?
Thomas Jefferson University

High levels of CO2 in the body, due to chronic respiratory disorders, may exacerbate pancreatic cancer, making it more aggressive and resistant to therapy.

Released: 28-Jan-2020 2:45 PM EST
Study analyses potential global spread of new coronavirus
University of Southampton

Experts in population mapping at the University of Southampton have identified cities and provinces within mainland China, and cities and countries worldwide, which are at high-risk from the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

   
Released: 27-Jan-2020 2:45 PM EST
What We Know About the Coronavirus
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Experts from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing offer key thoughts for health professionals and citizens alike on how to prevent illness, while remaining ready to tackle an unfolding outbreak.

21-Jan-2020 4:40 PM EST
First-of-its-Kind Technology Lights Up Lung Cancer Cells, Helps Improve Patient Outcomes
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

A groundbreaking tumor-highlighting technology—OTL38—enhances the visualization of lung cancer tissue, providing surgeons with a significantly better chance of finding and removing more cancer than previously possible.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 12:20 PM EST
China’s coronavirus: Answers from an expert
University of Utah Health

A virus spreading in China has the world on alert.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 6:15 AM EST
Infectious diseases to be detected and prevented thanks to £4m grant
University of Warwick

Infectious diseases could be detected, prevented and controlled thanks to a new £4m grant from the NIHR to the University of Warwick. Researchers will work with partners to develop the use of cutting edge genomics to protect public health.

Released: 24-Jan-2020 1:10 PM EST
New coronavirus could lead to pandemic
University of Georgia

With news that the coronavirus called 2019-nCoV is capable of spreading from human to human, many are concerned about the possibility of a new pandemic, and that is not outside the realm of possibility, according to Jeff Hogan, a professor and infectious disease expert at the University of Georgia, who studied the SARS coronavirus extensively.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 2:30 PM EST
Mount Sinai Emergency Department Innovation: An Observation Unit That Reduces Length of Stay and Raises Patient Satisfaction
Mount Sinai Health System

In one urban ED that sees approximately 12,000 pediatric patients a year, a team of emergency medicine physicians devised a model that would optimize resources, reduce length of stay dramatically, and increase patient satisfaction.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 11:45 AM EST
Wuhan coronavirus: An infectious disease expert explains we know so far about the new virus emerging in Asia
University of Chicago Medical Center

University of Chicago Medicine associate professor and infectious disease expert Dr. Emily Landon explains what public health officials know about new coronavirus virus from Wuhan, China and how to stay safe.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 11:40 AM EST
Wuhan Coronavirus in the United States: How to Stay Healthy
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An infection prevention and control expert at Rutgers University discusses what is known about the new infectious disease and who is most at risk

Released: 21-Jan-2020 4:00 PM EST
Lung Microbiome May Help Predict Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Changes in the lung microbiome may help predict how well critically ill patients will respond to care, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Released: 21-Jan-2020 2:20 PM EST
Why Experts Are Worried About a New Virus in China
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

The virus appears to be less dangerous than SARS, but there are still concerns of a wider outbreak in Asia.

Released: 21-Jan-2020 7:05 AM EST
Antiviral Compound Offers Hope Against Deadly Flu, Coronaviruses
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A study in mice finds that a compound modeled on a protein found in bananas safely protects against multiple strains of the influenza virus, Ebola and coronaviruses.

Released: 16-Jan-2020 11:50 AM EST
Research Shows That Older Patients with Untreated Sleep Apnea Need Greater Medical Care
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) found that the medical costs are substantially higher among older adults who go untreated for obstructive sleep apnea (OTA).

Released: 15-Jan-2020 8:00 AM EST
Multimodal Genomic Analyses Predict Response to Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer Patients
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed an integrated genomic approach that potentially could help physicians predict which patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer will respond to therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 1:45 PM EST
Reduced Inhaler Use is Safe for Infants with Bronchiolitis
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Bronchiolitis, a lung infection that is one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations in young children, is most prevalent during the winter months and is usually treated with albuterol delivered via inhalers, despite evidence showing no benefit in most patients. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) redesigned the hospital’s standard treatment for the infection and reduced albuterol use without compromising care.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 9:00 AM EST
Lung Cancer Expert to Head Medical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai
Cedars-Sinai

Prominent lung cancer expert Karen L. Reckamp, MD, MS, has been selected to be director of the Division of Medical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer. Reckamp also will serve as medical oncology director of the Women's Guild Lung Institute in Cedars-Sinai's Department of Medicine and associate director for Clinical Research at Cedars-Sinai Cancer.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 3:50 AM EST
NUS researchers discover breakthrough in cancer diagnosis using big data analytics
National University of Singapore (NUS)

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore has developed a personalised assessment tool which can detect the incidence of cancer, predict patient survivability and determine patient suitability for immunotherapy cancer treatment.

Released: 13-Jan-2020 5:30 PM EST
Everything You Need to Know About the Flu
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Sharon Wright,MD, MPH, BIDMC’s Senior Medical Director of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shares everything you need to know about the flu.

Released: 13-Jan-2020 3:30 PM EST
Technology Protects Respiratory Tract of Premature Infants Who Need Assisted Ventilation
American Technion Society

A new artificial model of premature infants will make possible experiments that are expected to reduce injury to infants on respirators.

9-Jan-2020 10:25 AM EST
Study Identifies Genetic Anomaly Associated with Poor Response to Common Asthma Treatment
Cleveland Clinic

A new Cleveland Clinic study has uncovered a genetic anomaly associated with poor response to a common asthma treatment. The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that asthmatic patients with the gene variant are less likely to respond to glucocorticoids and often develop severe asthma.

Released: 13-Jan-2020 1:25 PM EST
Save the Date! Cover ATS 2020 in Philadelphia!
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, will play host to the ATS 2020 International Conference, the biggest gathering of scientists and clinicians in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

8-Jan-2020 3:40 PM EST
Weight Loss Improves Sleep Apnea Primarily by Reducing Tongue Fat
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Weight loss in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appears to improve sleep apnea primarily by reducing tongue fat, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Released: 9-Jan-2020 4:05 PM EST
FDA Approves 3D-printed Airway Stents Developed by Cleveland Clinic Doctor
Cleveland Clinic

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared patient-specific airway stents developed by Cleveland Clinic physician Tom Gildea, M.D.

Released: 9-Jan-2020 11:00 AM EST
Mesothelioma Linked to Asbestos in Talcum Powder
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Thirty-three cases of the asbestos-related lung cancer mesothelioma draw attention to talcum powder as a non-occupational source of exposure to asbestos, according to a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Released: 9-Jan-2020 8:00 AM EST
Dr. Nicholas Arger Receives ATS Foundation Research Program/Foundation for Sarcoidosis Partner Grant
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

The ATS Foundation Research Program/Foundation for Sarcoidosis has awarded Nicholas Arger, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco a $80,000 Foundation Partner grant. The ATS Foundation Partner Grant provides crucial support to talented investigators from around the world, launching careers dedicated to scientific discovery and better patient care.

Released: 8-Jan-2020 2:20 PM EST
The Medical Minute: Should you exercise when you’re sick?
Penn State Health

The winter cold and flu season may try to knock out your new year’s plans to get or stay healthy, but the good news is you can fight back.

Released: 8-Jan-2020 8:45 AM EST
Patient step counts predict lung cancer treatment outcomes, study finds
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

Numerous studies have shown that monitoring physical activity promotes better health – from reducing body mass index to watching for signs of hypertension, for example. A new study suggests step counters could play yet another role: predicting outcomes for people undergoing chemoradiation therapy for lung cancer.

3-Jan-2020 3:55 PM EST
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to Establish Chen-Huang Center for EGFR Mutant Lung Cancers
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will create the Chen-Huang Center for EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) Mutant Lung Cancers to stimulate research, promote clinical trials, and strengthen the Institute’s capabilities for studying and treating lung cancer.



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