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Study focuses on hormone adjustment that may treat lung damage in prematur
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 21 (ANI): In a recent study, scientists have provided insights into the important role the hormone adrenomedullin plays in development, recovery, and prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia BPD and pulmonary hypertension PH in premature infants.
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People with HIV at higher risk of COPD
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 18 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers found that people in Ontario living with HIV had a 34 percent higher incidence rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and were diagnosed with the disease about 12 years younger than HIV-negative individuals.
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Study reveals differences in airway size develop during puberty
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 14 (ANI): A breakthrough study has found that the differences in airway size between the sexes are developed because of hormonal changes around puberty.
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Six seriously ill tourists evacuated to Army medical facility in Leh
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ladakh [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Six seriously ill tourists who were suffering from the effects of frostbite and High Altitude Pulmonary Odema (HAPO) were on Tuesday evacuated by the helicopters to the Indian Army medical facility in Leh.
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Study suggests body clock associated with development of pulmonary fibrosi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): A new study has revealed that people who sleep for more than 11 hours or less than four hours regularly are more likely to develop incurable diseases like pulmonary fibrosis as compared to those who sleep for four hours in a day.
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Study finds how fibrosis progresses in the human lung
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 18 (ANI): As the researchers have discovered how the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) progresses, they will now be able to provide a method to discover new treatment targets for the disease.
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Heavy smoking makes smoker look older: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 1 (ANI): A new study has revealed another negative effect of smoking tobacco, where a person looks older than he is.
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Kerala: 3-year-old pulmonary blastoma patient gets a new lease of life
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): With the joint efforts of two leading hospitals in the city, a three-year-old boy has been able to successfully recover from pulmonary blastoma, a rare type of lung cancer.
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Air pollution leads to irregular menstrual cycle: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): The air your teenage daughter breathes may be causing irregular menstrual cycles, say researchers as negative health effects from air pollution exposure include infertility, metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome.
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Air pollution increases chronic lung disease risk
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 9 (ANI): Air pollution has come up as a major concern in the modern world considering its long-lasting and serious effects on human lungs.
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Steroids can lower risk of lung cancer in COPD patients up to 30 pc
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 28 (ANI): A recent study has found that steroid inhalers used by patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could reduce the risk of lung cancer by as much as 30 per cent.
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New method helps personalise therapy for high-risk pulmonary patients: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Researchers have found a new method that helps personalise therapy to patients beyond severe pulmonary disorder diagnosis alone and provides additional risk information to physicians.
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