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Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that occurs due to long term exposure to asbestos fibres

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Malignancy of Lung Cancer can Now be Detected by a New Biomarker

Malignancy of Lung Cancer can Now be Detected by a New Biomarker

New biomarker which detects LG3BP and C163A levels in the blood samples can effectively be used distinguish benign lung cancer nodules from malignant ones. The findings of this study are pub...

Whole-brain Radiation to Treat Lung Cancer Patients With Brain Metastases

Whole-brain Radiation to Treat Lung Cancer Patients With Brain Metastases

A new study challenges the use of whole-brain radiation for all small-cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases. The study was conducted by investigators at the University of Colorado...

Lung Cancer Treatment with Nanoparticles Successful in Animal Study

Lung Cancer Treatment with Nanoparticles Successful in Animal Study

A new treatment approach based on nanotechnology was found effective in mouse models for the most common type of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The disease continues to be ...

New Target for the Most Common Type of Lung Cancer Identified

New Target for the Most Common Type of Lung Cancer Identified

Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) enzyme is the new therapeutic target identified for the most common type of lung cancer known as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lung cancer is the ...

New Immunotherapy Combination Benefits Lung Cancer Patients

New Immunotherapy Combination Benefits Lung Cancer Patients

New immunotherapy combination is surprisingly effective at controlling the lung cancer progression, revealed study published in The Lancet Oncology. Immunologist John Wrangle, M.D.,...

Combination of Drugs to Combat Lung Cancer Identified

Combination of Drugs to Combat Lung Cancer Identified

A combination of drugs to stop the growth of lung cancer may also stop resistance to treatments ; research at the UT Southwestern's Simmons Cancer Center finds in a recent research and iden...

Tai Chi may Improve Breathing for People With Respiratory Disease

Tai Chi may Improve Breathing for People With Respiratory Disease

Tai Chi may be a low-cost, easily accessible treatment option for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) , according to recent research. Currently, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is...

Urinary, Respiratory Tract Infections May Double Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Urinary, Respiratory Tract Infections May Double Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

Individuals suffering from urinary or respiratory tract infections may face nearly double the risk of heart attacks and strokes than obesity, warn researchers. The study -- led by ...

Third-hand Smoke Ups Lung Cancer Risk in Mice

Third-hand Smoke Ups Lung Cancer Risk in Mice

Exposure to third-hand smoke in early childhood may increase risk of lung cancer, revealed new study. Thirdhand smoke is a kind of toxic residue that lingers on indoor surfaces and in...

Biomarker for Severe Lung Disease in Neonates

Biomarker for Severe Lung Disease in Neonates

A strong predictive biomarker for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) has been developed by a research team from University of Alabama at Birmingham. BPD is a chronic neonatal lung disease and ...

Obesity is not Associated with Acute Respiratory Illness

Obesity is not Associated with Acute Respiratory Illness

Even though obesity is considered as a risk factor for severe cases of flu, a study at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that obesity is not associated with acute respiratory illness ...

Drug Resistance to Lung Cancer Can Now Be Detected

Drug Resistance to Lung Cancer Can Now Be Detected

Molecular simulations can help understand the mechanism behind drug resistance to lung cancer medications. Scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Parma, Italy, have used molecu...

Narrow-spectrum Antibiotics Better at Treating Respiratory Infections in Children

Narrow-spectrum Antibiotics Better at Treating Respiratory Infections in Children

A selective approach is better when prescribing antibiotics to children with common respiratory infections, suggests new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association ....

Lung Cancer Guideline Updated

Lung Cancer Guideline Updated

Advancements in the molecular diagnostic testing of lung cancer have led to new treatments that can battle lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. To ensure that clinic...

Age Factor could be an Important Decision Maker in Lung Cancer Treatment

Age Factor could be an Important Decision Maker in Lung Cancer Treatment

In early-stage Non–small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), post-treatment recovery from surgical treatment might be difficult especially for older patients. In those situations, Stereotactic Body Ra...

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