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Lung Cancer, News

A team of researchers in health sciences and computing from the University of Manchester is developing a study funded by The Medical Research Council, seeking to improve the quality and ... Read more

July 17, 2014November 11, 2015

A Large Belly May Be Related To Higher Incidence Of COPD

COPD, News

Excessive belly fat is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a study led by a group of German and American researchers published by the Canadian Medical ... Read more

July 16, 2014July 21, 2014

Threshold Pharmaceuticals Set To Launch Phase 2 Clinical Trial In Advanced Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer

Earlier this month, Threshold Pharmaceuticals, a development-stage biopharmaceutical company announced the initiation of an international 440-patient, double-blind, randomized and placebo controlled trial using TH-302 for the treatment of advanced non-squamous ... Read more

July 10, 2014July 16, 2014

Cancer Genome Atlas Researchers Discover Genomic Changes In Most Common Lung Cancer Type

Lung Cancer, News

Scientists from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel mutations in a known cancer-causing signaling pathway leading to lung adenocarcinoma, one of the most frequent forms of ... Read more

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014

OncoGenex Begins Enrollment For Lung Cancer Trial Testing

Lung Cancer, News

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of new therapies targeting treatment resistance in cancer patients, announced today it will begin the Cedar™ clinical trial, a randomized ... Read more

July 8, 2014November 11, 2015

COPD Device Wins International Award For Groundbreaking Technology

COPD, News

The Aerobika Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) Therapy System used by patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) won Gold at the Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA), a contest that ... Read more

July 3, 2014November 11, 2015

New Study Indicates COPD Patients’ Risk of Serious Pneumonia Increased By Inhaled Corticosteroids

COPD, News

A recent article published on the Hospitalist revealed that inhaled corticosteroids increase the risk of serious pneumonia in patients with COPD. Researchers at the Lady Davis Institute from Montreal’s Jewish General ... Read more

July 3, 2014July 8, 2014

Time of First Cigarette of the Day May Indicate Lung Cancer Risk In Smokers, According To Study

Lung Cancer, News

Researchers have found that the risk of developing lung cancer is directly correlated to the time of the day a smoker reaches for the first cigarette, one of the standard ... Read more

July 2, 2014November 6, 2015

Study Reveals That Adherence To Treatment Affects Health Outcomes in Patients With Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis, News

A group of researchers from Queen’s University in Belfast, United Kingdom, recently published a study aiming to determine the level of adherence to inhaled antibiotics, other respiratory medicines and airway ... Read more

July 1, 2014November 6, 2015

Bayer Gains Orphan Drug Status For Ciprofloxacin To Treat Non Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis, News

Bayer HealthCare’s Ciprofloxacin Dry Powder for Inhalation, a treatment for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB), was recently granted orphan drug designation by the U.S Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Orphan ... Read more