A less invasive method of determining the stage of suspected NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer) leads to fewer unnecessary surgical interventions and the side effects that go with them, and appears to be more efficient too, researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands...
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) - such as influenza, pneumonia and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - cause 4.25 million deaths each year often among young children in developing countries, according to the Acute Respiratory Infections Atlas, which was released on Tuesday by the World Lung...
The American Lung Association congratulates voters in South Dakota for delivering a big victory for lung health by overwhelmingly approving a law (61.7% to 35.3%) prohibiting smoking in all restaurants, bars and gaming establishments. The law had been approved by the legislature and signed into...
Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) hailed today's announcement by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) as a seminal moment for the lung cancer community. "Now we have validation from the NCI that screening people at high risk for lung cancer with CT...
Bloom Health announced a partnership with the American Lung Association. Starting early 2011, Bloom Health will offer free and premium versions of the Lung Association's Freedom From Smoking® program through its Virtual Shelf™, an online marketplace where employers use a defined contribution...
The Canadian Lung Association (CLA) is praising yesterday's decision by the federal, provincial and territorial Environment Ministers to move forward on a new system for managing air quality across the country. The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment approved work to complete and...
Metabolon, Inc., the leader in global metabolomics, biomarker discovery and analysis, announces the publication of "Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Biochemical Pathways and Biomarkers Associated with Pathogenesis in Cystic Fibrosis Cells", in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (2010, Vol. 285...
It is estimated that every 20 minutes, one Canadian dies of lung disease and many of those deaths can be prevented if diagnosed early, says Heather Borquez, president and CEO of the Canadian Lung Association. "Spirometry is a simple breathing test that can help detect and diagnose lung disease."...
Friday I was diagnosed with Lung Cancer, my reward for a lifetime of Smoking. AS IF I needed another Terminal malady to die from; I've already got one.
I am already taking a powerful Pain Killer as it is for terminal Cirrhosis of the Liver, and I am wondering IF I am even going to be able to...
MY name is Cody Hunt I'm 15 years old and yesterday when I was laying on my bed, I noticed that when I breathed in all the way it kinda hurt my right lung and a bit above it on the right side.
then after a while later that night my whole right side (underneath my ribs) and upper-back was in...
A chartered accountant who just 28 months ago underwent a double lung transplant has won six medals at the European Heart and Lung Transplant Games in Vaxjo, Sweden representing Great Britain. Nick Condon, a cystic fibrosis sufferer from Northamptonshire who works for Macintyre Hudson LLP, won...
The Annual General Meeting and Awards Ceremony of the Canadian Lung Association took place in Ottawa on June 12, 2010. Honorary Life Membership Kenneth H. Maybee The Honorary Life Membership is presented to Ken Maybee of New Brunswick in gratitude for his leadership and outstanding commitment...
Response Genetics Inc. (Nasdaq: RGDX), a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, announced that it has expanded its ResponseDX: Lung™ genetic test panel to detect the presence of EML4-ALK gene variants in lung cancer patients. EML4-ALK fusion genes...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, announced June 21 that it will fund nine research grants to improve the safety of red blood cell transfusions. Wake Forest University Professor of Physics Daniel Kim-Shapiro and a collaborator at the...
The era of one-size-fits-all medicine will eventually be history; after all it is no news that drugs and treatments do not work the same for everyone. For patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a lung cancer that kills approximately 1 million people annually, the treatment currently...
The era of one-size-fits-all medicine will eventually be history; after all it is no news that drugs and treatments do not work the same for everyone. For patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a lung cancer that kills approximately 1 million people annually, the treatment currently...
Inducing cellular immunity as a means to protect against influenza virus is the focus of several laboratories at the Trudeau Institute. Researchers here have recently identified two important signaling components required by the immune system that might allow us to pre-position our own...
textbook says use the bell? According to the textbook the bell on the stethoscope is used to "hear lung or bowel sounds", while the diaphragm is for high pitched sounds like blood pressure or heart sounds. So am I wrong in thinking that the bell is the side of the stethoscope with the open end...
textbook says use the bell? According to the textbook the bell on the stethoscope is used to "hear lung or bowel sounds", while the diaphragm is for high pitched sounds like blood pressure or heart sounds. So am I wrong in thinking that the bell is the side of the stethoscope with the open end...