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Respiratory Medicine
Respiratory Medicine: Otherwise known as pulmonary medicine, is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases affecting the lungs. Pulmonary medicine deals with many diseases and conditions, including: ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, lung transplants, occupational lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary tuberculosis, sarcoidosis of the lungs, and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
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JAN 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
New research indicates that is very much possible to treat pediatric septic shock in children with a combination of intr ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 30, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Most cell types have an appendage that appears to act like a kind of signaling hub called a cilium; it's capable of dete ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to new breast cancer drug, trastuzumab deruxtecan. ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 17, 2019Microbiology
There may be a small silver lining to getting a cold or the flu.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2019Microbiology
The fatality rate of Nipah virus has an estimated range of 40 to 75 percentWritten By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2019Microbiology
When staph begins to grow on medical devices like implants used on wounds, artificial joints, or catheters, they can cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2019Immunology
Immune and inflammation status could help doctors predict which individuals are most at-risk for death. Results from a n ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 27, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that 11 new cases of polio in five African countries including Nigeria ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 27, 2019Earth & The Environment
Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of death in Canada—even when air pollution is below national an ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 26, 2019Neuroscience
Worldwide, 9 in every 10 people breathe highly polluted air. A known contributing factor for many respiratory illnesses ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard about fine particulate matter air pollution? If not, it’s time you do, because it is literally ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 21, 2019Health & Medicine
Offices can be a stew of various odors, from perfumes to microwaved lunches. However, the air breathed in offices may co ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 20, 2019Health & Medicine
Do you use duvets or pillows filled with goose or duck feathers? While indeed cozy, doctors have issued a new warning re ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 20, 2019Health & Medicine
Many are already feeling the impacts of climate change around the world. Heat waves, severe storms, and flooding have af ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 08, 2019Health & Medicine
The actual cost of e-cigarette usage continues to reveal itself as reports of lung injury cases and deaths continue to r ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 19, 2019Cancer
E-cigarette use is on the rise and according to new research published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, even s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 15, 2019Microbiology
We produce several liters of mucus every day to cover more than 200 square meters in the human body.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2019Microbiology
Valley fever primarily occurs in Arizona and California, and infects around 10,000 people every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
New research findings, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, are the first to sug ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 15, 2019Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are considered a major threat to public health, which is expected to get more serious.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2019Health & Medicine
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of non-caseating granulomas in the ...Written By: Dena ArutaSEP 08, 2019Health & Medicine
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a polio-like infection, caught the attention of physicians in the U.S. during late summer ...Written By: Dena ArutaAUG 31, 2019Microbiology
About 450 people died from the measles every year, many of them children, before the vaccine was widely used. People now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2019Health & Medicine
If you experience itchy eyes, a runny nose, and more sneezing or coughing than normal, you’re probably familiar wi ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
JAN 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
New research indicates that is very much possible to treat pediatric septic shock in children with a combination of intr
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 30, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Most cell types have an appendage that appears to act like a kind of signaling hub called a cilium; it's capable of dete
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to new breast cancer drug, trastuzumab deruxtecan.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 17, 2019
Microbiology
There may be a small silver lining to getting a cold or the flu.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2019
Microbiology
The fatality rate of Nipah virus has an estimated range of 40 to 75 percent
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2019
Microbiology
When staph begins to grow on medical devices like implants used on wounds, artificial joints, or catheters, they can cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2019
Immunology
Immune and inflammation status could help doctors predict which individuals are most at-risk for death. Results from a n
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 27, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that 11 new cases of polio in five African countries including Nigeria
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 27, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of death in Canada—even when air pollution is below national an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 26, 2019
Neuroscience
Worldwide, 9 in every 10 people breathe highly polluted air. A known contributing factor for many respiratory illnesses
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard about fine particulate matter air pollution? If not, it’s time you do, because it is literally
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 21, 2019
Health & Medicine
Offices can be a stew of various odors, from perfumes to microwaved lunches. However, the air breathed in offices may co
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Do you use duvets or pillows filled with goose or duck feathers? While indeed cozy, doctors have issued a new warning re
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Many are already feeling the impacts of climate change around the world. Heat waves, severe storms, and flooding have af
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 08, 2019
Health & Medicine
The actual cost of e-cigarette usage continues to reveal itself as reports of lung injury cases and deaths continue to r
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 19, 2019
Cancer
E-cigarette use is on the rise and according to new research published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, even s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 15, 2019
Microbiology
We produce several liters of mucus every day to cover more than 200 square meters in the human body.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2019
Microbiology
Valley fever primarily occurs in Arizona and California, and infects around 10,000 people every year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
New research findings, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, are the first to sug
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 15, 2019
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are considered a major threat to public health, which is expected to get more serious.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2019
Health & Medicine
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of non-caseating granulomas in the
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
SEP 08, 2019
Health & Medicine
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a polio-like infection, caught the attention of physicians in the U.S. during late summer
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
AUG 31, 2019
Microbiology
About 450 people died from the measles every year, many of them children, before the vaccine was widely used. People now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2019
Health & Medicine
If you experience itchy eyes, a runny nose, and more sneezing or coughing than normal, you’re probably familiar wi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet