http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Respiratory-Diseases-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 07:03:37 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/climate-change-raises-incidence-of-respiratory-diseases-98890-1.htm Global climate change magnifies the effects of pollution and will worsen the incidence of asthma, allergies, infections and cardiovascular diseases worldwide, says a study. "Since my research focuses on environmental air pollution and its impact on the respiratory system, my biggest concern has been with issues of air quality," said Kent Pinkerton, professor of paediatrics at the University of California, who co-authored the study. "These include more smoke and particulate matter from more ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/climate-change-raises-incidence-of-respiratory-diseases-98890-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/energy-poverty-creating-a-respiratory-disease-epidemic-97733-1.htm Energy poverty leads to severe respiratory diseases killing nearly two million people worldwide each year, say researchers. "Energy poverty is one of the biggest human welfare issues of our day," says Hisham Zerriffi, an assistant professor with the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC who is presenting his work at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver on Feb. 17. "We're talking about more people who die each year from cooking than from malaria....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/energy-poverty-creating-a-respiratory-disease-epidemic-97733-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Amniotic-Fluid-derived-Stem-Cells-Show-Promise-Against-Respiratory-Diseases-89673-1.htm Epithelial cells derived from human amnion fluid show promising results against lung disease, finds study. "Respiratory disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality," said corresponding author Dr. Euan M. Wallace, director of The Ritchie Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Monash Medical Centre. "There is an urgent need for cell-based therapies to treat respiratory diseases, and the use of cells isolated from human term placenta for regenerative medicine holds great promise," he added....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Amniotic-Fluid-derived-Stem-Cells-Show-Promise-Against-Respiratory-Diseases-89673-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Review-Says-Respiratory-Diseases-Prevalent-in-the-Middle-East-87709-1.htm A recent research paper highlights the prevalence of respiratory illness in the Middle East. The review is published in Respirology. A wide spectrum of pulmonary disorders affect individuals living in the Middle East, including bronchial and pleural diseases, respiratory tract infections and neoplasms (tumors), as well as chest traumas caused by traffic accidents. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Report there were 114,000 deaths caused by TB; 407,000 ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Review-Says-Respiratory-Diseases-Prevalent-in-the-Middle-East-87709-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Anemia-Risk-High-in-Patients-With-Severe-Non-Inflammatory-Respiratory-Disease-83147-1.htm A study in the April issue of iIJCP/i, the iInternational Journal of Clinical Practice/i of nearly 600 patients with severe non-inflammatory respiratory disease found that a significant percentage also suffered from anaemia. "The links between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and anaemia are already well known, but our study also shows that anaemia is frequently found in patients with severe non-inflammatory respiratory diseases" says lead author Dr Florian Kollert from the Department ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Anemia-Risk-High-in-Patients-With-Severe-Non-Inflammatory-Respiratory-Disease-83147-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Identify-Key-Mechanism-Behind-Childhood-Respiratory-Disease-81968-1.htm Scientists have discovered a crucial part of the process by which one of the world's most common and dangerous early childhood infections, respiratory syncytial virus, causes disease. By analysing samples taken from infected infants and data from laboratory-mouse experiments, scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston determined that RSV interferes with airway cells' ability to produce enzymes that keep highly damaging molecules known as reactive oxygen species under control....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Identify-Key-Mechanism-Behind-Childhood-Respiratory-Disease-81968-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Higher-Levels-of-Bilirubin-Linked-to-Reduced-Risk-of-Respiratory-Disease-80950-1.htm In an analysis that was carried out in 500,000 adults it was found that levels of bilirubin in blood were associated with a lower risk of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bilirubin compound is produced by the breakdown of hemoglobin from red blood cells. Serum total bilirubin is routinely measured in the primary care setting to identify hepatobiliary (liver, gall bladder and bile ducts) and blood diseases. Bilirubin may have cytoprotective (cell protective) properties, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Higher-Levels-of-Bilirubin-Linked-to-Reduced-Risk-of-Respiratory-Disease-80950-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Respiratory-Diseases-Choke-El-Salvador-Hospitals-72008-1.htm An influx in respiratory diseases including pneumonia and dengue fever have created a crisis situation in hospitals in El Salvador, report health authorities "We've got our hospital network and neighborhood health clinics working at full capacity... with a huge increase these past few weeks in patients with respiratory ailments and possible dengue," Deputy Health Minister Eduardo Espinoza told reporters. The official said acute respiratory disease has shot up in 11 of the country's 14 departments, totaling some 1....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Respiratory-Diseases-Choke-El-Salvador-Hospitals-72008-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Exposure-To-Flour-Dust-Makes-Bakery-Workers-Vulnerable-To-Respiratory-Diseases-69001-1.htm Exposure to flour dust makes bakery workers vulnerable to respiratory diseases, a South African study shows. A high prevalence of allergic sensitizationSUP /SUPand asthma was recently reported in South African supermarketSUP /SUPbakeries. So researchers set out to conduct a detailed exposureSUP /SUPassessment of these bakeries so as to provide the baseline forSUP /SUPa broader intervention study.SUP /SUPA total of 211 full-shift personal samples were collectedSUP /SUPon randomly ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Exposure-To-Flour-Dust-Makes-Bakery-Workers-Vulnerable-To-Respiratory-Diseases-69001-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Children-and-the-Spurt-In-Respiratory-Diseases-55162-1.htm Childhood respiratory problems - coughing, wheezing and asthma attacks - are increasing around the world. Although the key external causes of these diseases were identified a long time ago (traffic and industrial air pollution), it had not previously been possible to distinguish clearly between these two factors so as to have a targeted impact on them. Now, researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the University of Leipzig carried out research in this area together ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Children-and-the-Spurt-In-Respiratory-Diseases-55162-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Black-Americans-Prone-to-Acute-Respiratory-Disease-51693-1.htm Black Americans are more prone to developing acute lung injury, or ALI, compared to white Americans, according to scientists from the Emory University School of Medicine. The study also revealed that black patients did not have a higher risk of in-hospital death when compared to white patients."Our findings have important implications for investigators and policy stakeholders interested in reducing health disparities among minority patients," said Sara Erickson, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Emory....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Black-Americans-Prone-to-Acute-Respiratory-Disease-51693-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Childhood-Respiratory-Disease-Boosts-Illness-and-Death-Risks-in-Adulthood-33014-1.htm Respiratory disease, particularly bronchitis, in early childhood boosts the risks of illness and premature death in adulthood, indicates research published ahead of print in Thorax. The researchers base their findings on around 10,000 male graduates who went to Glasgow University between 1948 and 1968 and agreed to be part of a long term study to track their health. No women were included because fewer went to university at that time than do now. As students they were examined by a doctor and supplied ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Childhood-Respiratory-Disease-Boosts-Illness-and-Death-Risks-in-Adulthood-33014-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Links-Between-Sahara-Dust-and-Respiratory-Diseases-in-Cuba-Being-Analyzed-30005-1.htm Cuban experts are analysing possible links between the dust blowing in from the Sahara desert and the high incidence of respiratory diseases and bronchial asthma in the island. Eugenio Mojena, from the Satellite Section at the Forecast Centre of the Cuban Institute of Meteorology (FCCIM), told Granma newspaper that large clouds of dust particles arrive on this island from the African continent every year. Those particles are moved westward by the flow of trade winds, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Links-Between-Sahara-Dust-and-Respiratory-Diseases-in-Cuba-Being-Analyzed-30005-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=13593 The cooling towers on top of many large commercial buildings hold a high number of infected amoebas that may pose a threat to human health, says a new study. Sharon Berk and colleagues of Tennessee Technological University sampled 40 cooling towers in hospitals, universities and industries and 40 natural environments including lakes, rivers, creeks and ponds. They found infected amoebas in 22 of the cooling towers and only three in the natural samples. They found infected amoebas in the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=13593 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4796 "All substances are poisonous, there is none which is not a poison; the right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy" Paracelsus, circa 1538 Breathlessness can have a major impact on the quality of life for patients with respiratory diseases. Despite the best efforts of scientists for many years, no one has been able to develop a way to deal with the sensation of breathlessness without suppressing the drive to breathe. Researchers from Imperial College London are looking for volunteers to ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4796