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Newswise: Microplastics Stick Around in Human Airways
8-Jun-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Microplastics Stick Around in Human Airways
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Inhaled microplastics can pose serious health risks, so understanding how they travel in the respiratory system is essential for prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases. In Physics of Fluids, researchers develop a computational fluid dynamics model to analyze microplastic transport and deposition in the upper airway. The team explored the movement of microplastics with different shapes and sizes and under slow and fast breathing conditions. Microplastics tended to collect in hot spots in the nasal cavity and oropharynx, or back of the throat.

   

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Newswise: Food-Drug Interactions Could be Impactful for Some Lung Cancer Patients According to New Study in JNCCN
8-Jun-2023 1:10 PM EDT
Food-Drug Interactions Could be Impactful for Some Lung Cancer Patients According to New Study in JNCCN
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

New research in the June 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network found that when alectinib—a safe and effective small molecule kinase inhibitor used to treat some types of advanced lung cancer—was taken with a fuller breakfast, or with lunch, it resulted in significantly higher drug concentrations than when taken with a low-fat breakfast.

Newswise: Magic cocktail generates lung’s most critical immune cell in the lab
Released: 12-Jun-2023 1:30 PM EDT
Magic cocktail generates lung’s most critical immune cell in the lab
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have succeeded in generating the lung’s most important immune cell, the alveolar macrophage, in the lab.

9-Jun-2023 8:05 PM EDT
“Choosing Wisely” interventions can reduce antibiotic overuse at safety-net hospitals
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A statewide pay-for-performance intervention based on a set of guidelines called Choosing Wisely reduced rates of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions to treat acute respiratory tract infections by an average of 18 percentage points, from 43% to 25%, across two large Los Angeles safety net hospitals.

Released: 9-Jun-2023 8:00 PM EDT
Similar symptoms, biological abnormalities underlie long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome are debilitating conditions with similar symptoms. Neither condition has diagnostic tests or treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and each cost the United States billions of dollars each year in direct medical expenses and lost productivity.

Released: 8-Jun-2023 1:50 PM EDT
Long Covid can impact fatigue and quality of life worse than some cancers
University College London

Fatigue is the symptom that most significantly impacts the daily lives of long Covid patients, and can affect quality of life more than some cancers, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and the University of Exeter.

Newswise: Canada wildfires smother parts of US
Released: 8-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Canada wildfires smother parts of US
University of Miami

University of Miami climate and aerosol experts, who are members of the Center for Aerosol Science and Technology, explain the dangers from the smoke flowing in from Canada, which is resulting in people donning masks.

Newswise: Study Shows Osimertinib Improves Survival Following Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Released: 7-Jun-2023 5:20 PM EDT
Study Shows Osimertinib Improves Survival Following Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

A new study led by Yale Cancer Center shows improved rates of survival and reduced risk of recurrence in patients with non-small cell lung cancer taking osimertinib (TAGRISSO), a targeted therapy, following surgery. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common type of lung cancer, tends to recur when diagnosed at advanced stages, which makes treatment challenging.

Released: 6-Jun-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Men’s health: Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert shares key symptoms to act on
Mayo Clinic

As men age, even those accustomed to good health may encounter symptoms that affect their quality of life and are important to mention to their physicians.

Released: 6-Jun-2023 7:45 AM EDT
A lung injury therapy derived from adult skin cells
Ohio State University

Therapeutic nanocarriers engineered from adult skin cells can curb inflammation and tissue injury in damaged mouse lungs, new research shows, hinting at the promise of a treatment for lungs severely injured by infection or trauma.

Released: 6-Jun-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Saúde masculina: especialista da Mayo Clinic Healthcare fala sobre os principais sintomas e quando tomar providências
Mayo Clinic

À medida que os homens envelhecem, mesmo que eles levem uma vida saudável, podem surgir alguns sintomas que podem afetar sua qualidade de vida e devem ser relatados ao médico. O Dr. Vikas Mehta, bacharel em medicina e cirurgia da Mayo Clinic Healthcare em Londres, descreve vários sinais físicos que valem a pena acompanhar.

Released: 6-Jun-2023 6:00 AM EDT
صحة الرجال: يشارك خبير مايو كلينك للرعاية الصحية أعراضًا مهمة يجب الانتباه لها
Mayo Clinic

قد يواجه الرجال مع تقدمهم في العمر، بما فيهم أولئك الذين يتمتعون بصحة جيدة، أعراضًا تؤثر على جودة حياتهم، وعليهم أن يذكروها لأطبائهم. يصف الدكتور فيكاس ميهتا، بكالوريوس الطب والجراحة، وهو طبيب في مايو كلينك للرعاية الصحية بلندن، عددًا من المؤشرات الجسدية التي تستدعي المتابعة والفحص.

2-Jun-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Real-World Data Suggests Stopping Immunotherapy after Two Years is Reasonable in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new study from Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center suggests that it’s reasonable for patients with advanced lung cancer to stop immunotherapy treatment at two years, as long as their cancer hasn’t progressed.

Newswise: ASCO23: Sylvester Cancer Experts Available for Interviews on a Wide Range of Topics
Released: 1-Jun-2023 7:10 PM EDT
ASCO23: Sylvester Cancer Experts Available for Interviews on a Wide Range of Topics
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

In addition to presenting Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center research findings, Sylvester experts are available at ASCO to share perspectives on a wide variety of topics and studies ranging from breast cancer to sarcoma, prostate cancer, mesothelioma, melanoma, CNS tumors and more.

Released: 1-Jun-2023 6:45 PM EDT
Salton Sea environment detrimental to respiratory health of local children
University of California, Riverside

In the United States, low-income immigrant and minority children often live in environments that have highly polluted air. A study led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, demonstrates this among the Latinx and Purépecha immigrant children and caregivers living along Inland Southern California’s Salton Sea, a highly saline drying lakebed surrounded by agricultural fields.

   
Released: 1-Jun-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Rutgers Tobacco Surveillance Center Will Provide FDA With Unprecedented Data
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Researchers receive $18 million to provide real-time information about new tobacco products, marketing and usage.

Released: 31-May-2023 3:05 PM EDT
How the flu virus hacks our cells
Université de Genève (University of Geneva)

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has identified how the influenza A virus manages to penetrate cells to infect them.

Newswise: Mortality high for children whose caregivers decline tracheostomies, UTSW study shows
Released: 31-May-2023 1:40 PM EDT
Mortality high for children whose caregivers decline tracheostomies, UTSW study shows
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Forty percent of critically ill children whose parents or other caregivers declined tracheostomies died within 24 months, and half of all deaths occurred within six weeks, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center Dallas found.

Released: 31-May-2023 8:00 AM EDT
FIRS Calls for Action to Prevent Young People from Taking Up Smoking
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2023, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which The American Thoracic Society is a founding member, is encouraging policy makers to take steps to prevent young people from taking up smoking.

Released: 30-May-2023 7:20 PM EDT
World leading health experts say aviation industry must act on cabin fumes as they launch new medical guidance
University of Stirling

A group of world leading health and scientific experts are calling on the aviation industry to take action to protect passengers and aircrew from dangerous cabin fumes which they say have led to a new emerging disease.

Newswise: Lung infection may be less transmissible than thought
Released: 30-May-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Lung infection may be less transmissible than thought
Harvard Medical School

Study suggests person-to-person transmission may not be the dominant mode of infection for an aggressive lung pathogen. Findings shed light on the behavior and mutation tendencies of a little-known microbe. The results should ease fears that the lung bacterium poses a grave threat for spread between individuals with compromised lung function who are waiting for lung transplants.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Cancer Experts Available to Discuss ASCO 2023 News
Released: 30-May-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Cancer Experts Available to Discuss ASCO 2023 News
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer physician-scientists with expertise in liver, skin, lung, breast, colorectal, pancreatic, brain, prostate and endometrial cancers will be attending the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting June 2-6 in Chicago and are available for in-person or virtual interviews to discuss the latest news and research.

Released: 26-May-2023 10:05 AM EDT
UChicago Medicine introduces groundbreaking, next-generation robotic technology to combat early lung cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center

The University of Chicago Medicine is the first U.S. hospital to use new, state-of-the-art robotic technology for bronchoscopies that will improve early detection of lung cancer. UChicago Medicine performed its first four successful cases using the Noah Medical Galaxy Robot on May 18, 2023. Each patient returned home the same day after the procedure.

   
Released: 25-May-2023 5:00 PM EDT
MD Anderson Research Highlights: ASCO 2023 Special Edition
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back. This special edition features presentations by MD Anderson researchers at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

   
Released: 25-May-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Sudden infant death syndrome may have biologic cause
Oxford University Press

Sudden infant death syndrome is a case where the death of an apparently healthy infant before their first birthday remains unexplained even after thorough investigation.

Released: 24-May-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Study Shows Key Role for Human T Cells in the Control of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

A new study published in JCI Insight, led by Angela Wahl, PhD, Raymond Pickles, PhD, and J. Victor Garcia, PhD, with the International Center for the Advancement of Translational Science (ICATS), the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) at the UNC School of Medicine has shown that human T cells have an important role to play in controlling infection.

Newswise: Insomnia Drug Class May Not Influence Death and Exacerbation Risks Among Patients with COPD
15-May-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Insomnia Drug Class May Not Influence Death and Exacerbation Risks Among Patients with COPD
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients newly prescribed non-benzodiazepine benzodiazepine receptor agonists (NBZRAs) such as zolpidem (Ambien, Intermezzo and other brands), a class of hypnotic drugs prescribed for insomnia, did not have an increased risk of exacerbations requiring hospitalizations or of death than those prescribed other types of hypnotics, according to research published at the ATS 2023 International Conference.

Newswise: Short-chain Fatty Acids Reduce Inflammation in the Lungs of Older Mice
Released: 23-May-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Short-chain Fatty Acids Reduce Inflammation in the Lungs of Older Mice
American Physiological Society (APS)

The gut microbial community structure—communities of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the intestines—influences the inflammatory response in the lungs of aging mice, according to researchers from the Institute of Functional Anatomy at Charité, the Medical University of Berlin in Germany.

   
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Released: 23-May-2023 7:00 AM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Health Disparities in Pulmonary Medicine Live from the American Thoracic Society 2023 Annual Meeting
Newswise

Are marginalized groups slipping through the cracks when it comes to lung cancer prevention? Pulmonologists looked into this question and will present their conclusions and recommendations in a live-stream Q&A direct from the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society.

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Released: 22-May-2023 4:25 PM EDT
Study linking mucus plugs and COPD mortality could help save lives
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

A new study led by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, has found that mucus plugs were also associated with greater mortality.

Newswise: For Urban Children with Asthma, Where They Live Is Strongest Predictor of Exacerbations
15-May-2023 12:05 PM EDT
For Urban Children with Asthma, Where They Live Is Strongest Predictor of Exacerbations
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

For children with asthma residing in urban areas, the neighborhood they live in is a stronger predictor of whether they will have exacerbations (asthma attacks) than their family’s income or their parents’ level of educational attainment, according to research published at the ATS 2023 International Conference.

Newswise: Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, Assumes Presidency of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Released: 22-May-2023 2:10 PM EDT
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, Assumes Presidency of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, became the 104th President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS). He officially succeeded Yolonda L. Colson, MD, PhD, in a presentation during the AATS 103rd Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. Dr. Svensson obtained his medical degree in 1978, an MSc in 1983, and a PhD in 1986 from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. His cardiology, general, and vascular surgery training was at Johannesburg Hospital, followed by cardiovascular surgery training at Cleveland Clinic and Baylor College of Medicine, including a cardiothoracic surgery residency. He was Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center and worked with Drs. DeBakey and Crawford at Baylor College of Medicine, where he was also Assistant Professor of Surgery. Following this academic appointment, he was then Clinical Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Tufts University, and Instructor at Harvard Medical School while working at Lahey Ho

Released: 19-May-2023 1:10 PM EDT
Experts Available on Race-Based Risk for Lung Cancer
Newswise

Are marginalized groups slipping through the cracks when it comes to lung cancer prevention? Pulmonologists looked into this question and will present their conclusions and recommendations in a live-stream Q&A direct from the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society.

Newswise: One-of-a-kind mobile respiratory system allows researchers to see airborne particle deposits in the lungs in new depths
Released: 19-May-2023 12:50 PM EDT
One-of-a-kind mobile respiratory system allows researchers to see airborne particle deposits in the lungs in new depths
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A fully replicated human airway system is a new experimental tool that is overcoming limitations in studying aerosol deposition in lungs at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.The cutting-edge Mobile Aerosol Deposition Apparatus (MALDA), designed and 3D-printed by Wei-Chung Su, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology, human genetics, and environmental sciences, consists of a head airway, tracheobronchial airways, and a representative section of the alveoli, the tiny air sacs of the lungs that handle gaseous exchange.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Now Offering New, Minimally Invasive Zephyr Endobronchial Valve Treatment for Patients with Severe Emphysema
Released: 19-May-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Now Offering New, Minimally Invasive Zephyr Endobronchial Valve Treatment for Patients with Severe Emphysema
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center is now offering Zephyr® Endobronchial Valves, a new, minimally invasive treatment for patients with severe emphysema, a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Newswise: Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital Physicians and Scientists Presenting Latest Advances at 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Released: 18-May-2023 12:50 PM EDT
Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital Physicians and Scientists Presenting Latest Advances at 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital scientists and clinicians will present new research at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), June 2nd to June 6th at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. This year’s scientific program will feature more than 2,900 abstracts, covering all major diseases and research areas, including breast, lung, head and neck, gynecological, prostate, and gastric cancers.

Released: 18-May-2023 6:00 AM EDT
A infecção por HPV pode causar câncer bucal e de garganta
Mayo Clinic

Talvez você já tenha ouvido falar sobre a relação entre a infecção por papilomavírus humano (HPV) e certos tipos de cânceres cervicais, mas você sabia que a infecção por HPV também está relacionada a um maior risco de câncer bucal e de garganta?

Released: 18-May-2023 6:00 AM EDT
La infección por el VPH puede causar cáncer de boca y de garganta
Mayo Clinic

Es posible que haya escuchado acerca de la conexión entre la infección por el virus del papiloma humano (VPH) y ciertos tipos de cáncer del cuello del útero, pero ¿sabía que la infección por el VPH también está relacionada con un mayor riesgo de presentar cáncer de boca y de garganta?

Newswise: New Study Shows Mortality Rates for All Major Cancers Decreasing Globally, Except Liver Cancer in Men and Lung Cancer in Women
16-May-2023 1:35 PM EDT
New Study Shows Mortality Rates for All Major Cancers Decreasing Globally, Except Liver Cancer in Men and Lung Cancer in Women
American Cancer Society (ACS)

A new study conducted by scientists at the American Cancer Society and Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center reveals recent mortality rates for all major cancers decreased in most of the studied countries except lung cancer in females and liver cancer in males, where increasing rates were observed in most countries. The research also showed that cancer-specific mortality rates varied substantially across countries, with rates of lung and cervical cancer varying by 10-fold. The study was published today in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research.



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