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Respiratory Disease
Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting, such as the common cold, to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, acute asthma and lung cancer.
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NOV 12, 2016Microbiology
Red squirrels of the United Kingdom are having a tough time. Their population is under threat from several pressures, in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2016Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every day, roughly one of 25 hospital patients carries at ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2016Videos
One day Luther Glenn was rushed to the emergency room, given a spinal tap, and diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. W ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Neuroscience
Air pollution in highly industrialized urban areas has been implicated in diseases like cancer and respiratory illnesses ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 07, 2016Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2016Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2016Microbiology
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a nasty ailment. It’s a condition common in premature infants in which the intestines ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 24, 2016Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 09, 2016Microbiology
It’s long been thought that at birth, infants have sterile airways free of bacteria. New work shows however, that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r ...JUL 22, 2016Microbiology
What do gut microbes have to do with the lungs? Well, more than researchers once thought. A new study from the Universit ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Is your sore throat caused by the Streptococcus bacteria, or a common cold virus? It can be difficult to tell, even for ...JUL 01, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 21, 2016Cardiology
For unknown reasons, a new study has uncovered the ability of a protein called hepatoma derived growth factor (HDGF) to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2016Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 16, 2016Health & Medicine
The first ever case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) has been found for the first time ever in a dog. Doctors ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 10, 2016Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 07, 2016Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in both men and women. With such a high incidence rate and an equal ...APR 04, 2016Health & Medicine
Viral infections that make their way into the heart can cause a spectrum of damage to the cardiovascular system, dependi ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 15, 2016Health & Medicine
For healthy adults and older children, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is not a serious issue, but the infection can b ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2016Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 04, 2016Immunology
All food allergies are not created equal. In fact, researchers from the University of Southampton set out to prove just ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign ...FEB 29, 2016Immunology
Scientists have discovered a way to make a nasal spray flu vaccine safer for those who are at greatest risk of catching ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 12, 2016
Microbiology
Red squirrels of the United Kingdom are having a tough time. Their population is under threat from several pressures, in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2016
Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every day, roughly one of 25 hospital patients carries at
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2016
Videos
One day Luther Glenn was rushed to the emergency room, given a spinal tap, and diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. W
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Air pollution in highly industrialized urban areas has been implicated in diseases like cancer and respiratory illnesses
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2016
Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2016
Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2016
Microbiology
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a nasty ailment. It’s a condition common in premature infants in which the intestines
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 24, 2016
Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2016
Microbiology
It’s long been thought that at birth, infants have sterile airways free of bacteria. New work shows however, that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r
...
JUL 22, 2016
Microbiology
What do gut microbes have to do with the lungs? Well, more than researchers once thought. A new study from the Universit
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Is your sore throat caused by the Streptococcus bacteria, or a common cold virus? It can be difficult to tell, even for
...
JUL 01, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 21, 2016
Cardiology
For unknown reasons, a new study has uncovered the ability of a protein called hepatoma derived growth factor (HDGF) to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2016
Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
The first ever case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) has been found for the first time ever in a dog. Doctors
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 10, 2016
Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 07, 2016
Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in both men and women. With such a high incidence rate and an equal
...
APR 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
Viral infections that make their way into the heart can cause a spectrum of damage to the cardiovascular system, dependi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
For healthy adults and older children, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is not a serious issue, but the infection can b
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2016
Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 04, 2016
Immunology
All food allergies are not created equal. In fact, researchers from the University of Southampton set out to prove just
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign
...
FEB 29, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a way to make a nasal spray flu vaccine safer for those who are at greatest risk of catching
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)