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Measures to assess potential lung injury during ventilation inadequate
18 Aug 2008 - General Respiratory News
Ventilator-induced injury to the lungs can contribute to prolonged respiratory failure and even death among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Even post-operative patients with ... - more
Wheezing after early-life antibiotics: Blame the underlying chest infection more than the antibiotics
17 Aug 2008 - Hot Respiratory Topics
Children who are given antibiotics in their first three months often wheeze at 15 months of age. However, this wheezing is probably more due to the presence of chest infections than to the use of ... - more
Asthma in boys may be just a phase, but for girls it may be there to stay
16 Aug 2008 - General Respiratory News
Boys may be more apt than girls to have childhood asthma, but, when compared to girls, they are also more likely to grow out of it in adolescence and have a decreased incidence of asthma in the ... - more
American lung association offers parents seven 'back to school' tips for kids with asthma
15 Aug 2008 - Hot Respiratory Topics
Nearly 11% of children headed back to school this fall have asthma. Annually, school aged children with asthma miss just under 13 million days in the classroom making asthma related illness one of ... - more
American lung association offers olympic spectators tips to stay healthy in Beijing
15 Aug 2008 - General Respiratory News
Air pollution is a serious health issue, especially in Beijing. For even the healthiest people, air pollution can irritate the respiratory tract and cause serious health problems such as asthma ... - more
New treatment in the pipeline for leukaemia and rheumatoid arthritis
14 Aug 2008 - New and Emerging Respiratory Therapies
Australian scientists believe they are well on the way to developing a new treatment for leukaemia and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and asthma. - more
Lung inflammation from influenza and other infections could be turned off
8 Aug 2008 - New and Emerging Respiratory Therapies
A new discovery could lead to treatments which turn off the inflammation in the lungs caused by influenza and other infections, according to a study published today in the journal Nature ... - more
Lung cancer - another step in the right direction
7 Aug 2008 - Effective Respiratory Treatments
Cancer specialists at the Australia and New Zealand joint scientific meeting for the Medical Oncology Group of Australia and the Faculty of Radiation Oncology, held in Christchurch NZ were today ... - more
VMC Checks Out Olympic Air Quality
7 Aug 2008 - Hot Respiratory Topics
Having heard all the media hype and speculation regarding the air quality in Beijing, VMC sent its roving medical director to China to check it out personally and the results were astonishing ... - more
Respiratory illnesses and dog bites a concern for travelers to China for 2008 Olympics
6 Aug 2008 - Hot Respiratory Topics
Dog bites in humans can lead to human rabies. The report finds that respiratory illnesses and dog bites are more common than contracting exotic diseases. Other common ailments seen while travelling ... - more
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