Dava Stewart

Varenicline and bupropion may be safer for people who are quitting smoking than nicotine replacement therapy.

Researchers have discovered that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) plays a selective, causal role in the process of placing blame and punishing those who violate social norms.

A study analyzing sputum suggests that there may be a framework for changes in the proteins of smokers' lungs, which in turn lead to changes in transcription factors, and eventually to inflammatory mechanisms.

A Florida study suggests that taste qualities such as sweet, bitter, and salty are not encoded by separate neurons, known as labelled lines, but rather, are encoded "by activity in patterns of peripheral sensory neurons."

Vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency is associated with an accelerated loss of cognitive functions in older adults from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. But it is more pronounced in some groups, Rutgers University researchers report.

Exhaled breath condensate analysis is useful in assessing patients who are having difficulty breathing. Though the technique is non-invasive, it can be difficult for sick patients

Neurological disorders can cause both respiratory and sleep disorders. A sleep disorder specialist reviewed recent findings.

Evaluating COPD patients using Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease's system does not predict decline rates, a Korean study found.

Norwegian researchers found that lung cancer patients with brain metastasis who got aggressive treatment for the brain lesions did better overall than patients with stage IV lung cancer.

Stronger abdominal muscles could reduce fatigue and increase health-related quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have chronic coughing.

Researchers have discovered new implications to the link between low vitamin D levels and multiple sclerosis.

A new scan may make it easier for doctors to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

Even as many as seven years following a stroke, the spouses of stroke survivors experience a reduced health-related quality of life

The stress of working long hours is more likely to lead to a stroke than a heart attack, UK researchers report.

Specialists agree that a condition unofficially known as asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) exists, according to a survey completed by Marc Miravitlles, MD, and colleagues. The participants were 26 specialists in either asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD practicing in Spain. They first completed a structured questionnaire, and then attended an in-person work meeting that followed the Metaplan technique.

People with pulmonary arterial hypertension may benefit from initial combination therapy with ambrisentan and tadalafil, according to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine

Children with multiple sclerosis (MS) with higher levels of physical activity have lower relapse rates, are less depressed, and suffer less fatigue, according to a study published on August 12, 2015 in Neurology.

It may sound like a plot from a gothic novel, but California researchers are seriously considering the possibility that transfusing blood from young people into older people could reverse aging.

Researchers have confirmed that bronchoscopy is a good tool to diagnose bronchogenic cysts, that therapeutic aspiration is an alternative to surgery for adults who are unfit or are reluctant to have surgery, however, transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) as a primary method of managing mediastinal bronchogenic cysts may not be the best modality for all patients.

Researchers used near infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) to prevent early metastases of lung cancer in mice, without damaging surrounding normal lung tissue.

The year following a child's first diagnosis of epilepsy is likely to cost as much as $20,000 researchers concluded after a retrospective study of billing data for 258 patients. Jamie L. Ryan, PhD, and colleagues findings' were published in Neurology online on July 10, 2015.

When humans form new memories, changes happen at the individual neuron level, a UK team has shown.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who do not follow-up with their pulmonologists after being discharged from the hospital face a significantly higher risk of being readmitted than those who do.

Georgetown University neurology researchers believe that your brain is building a visual dictionary as you learn new words.

Phototherapy may be an effective, noninvasive treatment for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

Is there a shortage of nurses in the US? It depends on how you look at it, and where you look. But everyone agrees more nurse educators are needed.

Patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE) can also have focal seizure symptoms. A team of Australian researchers has added some findings that indicate which patients are more likely to have both types of seizures

Readmissions for patients with COPD can be prevented with a multi-faceted approach, a study finds.

Screaming can be annoying, but from an evolutionary standpoint, it is quite useful. A study shows the brain's response to "rough" vocalization.

Decreased vasoregulation in the brain leads to increased inflammation and loss of cognitive function in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.