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Study associates e-cigarette use with wheezing, shortness of breath
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): A research presented at the ATS 2021 International Conference, found that the use of e-cigarettes is associated with wheezing and shortness of breath in young adults and adolescents, even in those who do not smoke cigarettes or marijuana.
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Age-related muscle loss predicts outcomes after lung cancer surgery: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 24 (ANI): Patients with age-related muscle loss and poor walking abilities have worse prognoses after lung cancer surgery, a study led by researchers at Nagoya University found.
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Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao undergoes CT Scan, other tests
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 22 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao underwent a CT Scan and other general medical tests here at Yashoda Hospital in Somajiguda on Wednesday.
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Japan COVID-19 patient receives world's first living donor lung transplant
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 10 (ANI): A Japanese woman whose lungs suffered severe damage from COVID-19 became the world's first-ever recipient of a lung transplant from living donors this week.
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Study sheds light on how birds breathe better
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Researchers at the New York University have discovered that birds breathe with greater efficiency than humans due to the structure of their lungs looped airways that facilitate air flows that go in one direction.
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Complex life-saving Pulmonary Endarterectomy surgeries for CTEPH at Yashod
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 18 (ANI/Mediawire): Mahender, a 25-year-old software engineer from Hyderabad had been suffering from Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) since 2011. In 2018, when he travelled to the United States, he had repeat blood clot formation in his leg, which unfortunately
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Recombinant form of MVA vaccine can be used against SARS-CoV-2 infection,
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 13 (ANI): Scientists have tracked down that modified vaccinia infection Ankara (MVA), a smallpox immunisation, can be additionally changed in a recombinant structure to communicate the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 infection and that injection of a couple of dosag
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Study sheds light on recombinant vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in mice
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): Researchers have found that modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA), a smallpox vaccine, can be further modified in a recombinant form to express the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and that injection of one or two doses of the recombinant MVA protected tr
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About half of patients with uncontrolled asthma smoked cannabis, finds sur
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): The findings of a new survey published in the journal 'Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology', showed that of those who used cannabis, about half smoked it while a third vaped, both 'inhalation routes' are likely to affect one's lungs.
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In survey of those with uncontrolled asthma, half smoked cannabis
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): A new survey showed that of those who used cannabis, about half smoked it while a third vaped, both "inhalation routes" are likely to affect one's lungs.
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Lalu Prasad has infection in lungs, condition stable, says RIMS Director
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand ) [India], January 21 (ANI): Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is admitted at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi, has an infection in lungs and his condition is stable, a senior doctor said.
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Study sheds light on ventilator-induced lung injuries
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Columbus [US], January 12 (ANI): A study led by researchers at Ohio State University highlights an unfortunate truth about the use of mechanical ventilation to save the lives of patients in respiratory distress, that the pressure used to inflate the lungs is likely to cause further lung dama
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