Pulmonology

Medical researchers know there is a connection between psoriasis and cardiovascular diseases, but a new Iranian study in Clinical, Cosmetic & Investigational Dermatology further verifies lipid abnormalities linked to psoriasis and suggests a serum lipid profile and blood pressure check for all of those patients.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often display inhibited mitochondrial protein pathways, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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.

Does the use of electronic cigarettes, known as "vaping" lead teens to become smokers? A California team reports teen users are more likely to later try combustible tobacco, but say it is not clear whether they would have become smokers anyway.

Researchers from the University of Utah School of Medicine claimed large familial units experience viral infections more often - 87% of the year to be exact.

A medical phenomenon called asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) – is closer to being understood by researchers.

For patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) related complications, failing to see pulmonologists after discharge was found to increase readmission risk threefold, researchers reported in CHEST.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be able to be treated with a newly validated drug target.

A sleep apnea device may effectively slow the progression of diabetes in at risk patients.

A confirmed outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease, or Legionellosis, has been declared and health officials provided the need-to-know information regarding the illness.

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.

With funding meant to bolster basic research and help make advances for a variety of conditions the fate of the 21st Century Cure Act is anything but secure even after passage by the US House of Representatives.

Oxygen therapy patients with diagnosed COPD often are of lower socioeconomic status and female, according to a report published in PLOS One.

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

A new investigation of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that produce diabetes may explain the strong association between cystic fibrosis and pancreatic complications.

From working in the wilderness to waiting at the finish line of some of the most extreme races around the country doctors are going as far from the medical offices as their patients do in order to provide the best level of service possible.

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

Mature Type 1 and Type 2 airway cells are able to repair and regenerate lung tissue regardless of cell type, according to researchers from Penn and Duke.

Researchers have identified the single-gene mutations that cause a previously uncharacterized pediatric autoimmune syndrome that combines inflammatory arthritis and severe lung disease.

A study published in Cancer Science reported premenopausal women with breast cancer were more likely to die if they were also smokers.

Walking, an activity taken for granted by many, doesn't come easy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Dutch researchers are trying to change this, and have assessed the most beneficial walking aids, identifying which types work best during daily outdoor walking.

A statement released by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) endorsed the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and other imaging techniques for improving the quality of life and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

Regardless of disease progression, German researchers reported that physical activity decreases over time in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), further worsening their condition.

Inflammatory chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriasis bring many treatment challenges. Among them is the fact that biologic therapies for these diseases-particularly anti-TNF agents-while effective, can themselves bring reactivation of a latent tuberculosis infection.

Recent studies of anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions induced by medications have informed a new set of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment drug hypersensitivity.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor/Vertex) to treat cystic fibrosis patients age 12 and older with two copies of the F508del mutation in the CFTR gene.

COPD research should focus on patient-centered outcomes according to a joint statement from the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society.

This study was a meta-analysis that examined the association between sedentary behavior and hospitalizations, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer in adults.

A small study of children with cystic fibrosis found ghrelin and leptin levels correlate with nutritional status and can be an early marker of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.