Posts by: Carolina Henriques

Carolina Henriques

Carolina holds a BSc in Anthropology and a MSc in Urban Studies., and brings her interdisciplinary skills to her writing on a range of different topics in science, research and advocacy news.

February 21, 2017February 21, 2017

Boehringer Ingelheim and Weill Cornell Partner to Investigate Ways of Halting COPD Progression

COPD, News

Boehringer Ingelheim and Weill Cornell Medicine are again working together to identify treatment approaches to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that might halt or even reverse lung tissue damage. Their three-year collaboration will build ... Read more

February 20, 2017February 20, 2017

Asthmatic Kids 6 and Older Can Now Use Spiriva Respimat Spray as Maintenance Therapy

Asthma, News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the approval of steroid-free Spiriva Respimat (tiotropium bromide) for the maintenance treatment of asthma in children ages 6 and older. The FDA ... Read more

February 13, 2017February 13, 2017

P-PAL Device Offers Hope for Kids with CF, Others Awaiting Lung Transplants

Cystic Fibrosis, News

Pittsburgh researchers are building a device for children with lung failure that will replace traditional oxygenation methods while waiting for a transplant. The Pittsburgh Pediatric Ambulatory Lung (P-PAL), being developed ... Read more

February 3, 2017February 3, 2017

New Online Resource Aims to Educate and Assist IPF Patients and Caregivers

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

ProPatient has partnered with the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) to develop a new online resource for people affected by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). ... Read more

February 2, 2017February 1, 2017

BU Medical School Researcher Awarded $5.9M to Study Biology of Pneumonia

News, Pneumonia

A professor at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has been awarded a $5.9 million Outstanding Investigator grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the biology of ... Read more

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017

Kids with Asthma May Be at Higher Risk of Obesity, Researchers Say

Asthma, News

Children with asthma might be more prone to obesity later in childhood or in adolescence, a new study suggests. Researchers found that kindergarten-age children with asthma in southern California are 51 ... Read more

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

One-third of Adults Diagnosed with Asthma Don’t Have the Disease, Canadian Study Finds

Asthma, News

A new research study revealed that 33 percent of adults in Canada who were diagnosed with asthma in the last five years do not have active asthma after all. The study, ... Read more

January 19, 2017January 19, 2017

New Removable Stent Shows Potential for Pulmonary Medicine

Lung Cancer, News

A new type of removable stent, created in 2015 for use in blood vessels, shows potential to also be used in the respiratory tract, which could transform treatment for patients who are ... Read more

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017

European Researchers Awarded €29M Grant to Assess RSV Lung Infections

Bronchiolitis, Emphysema, News, Pneumonia

Specialists in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from the RSV Consortium in Europe received a grant worth 29 million euro (equal to about $30.8 million American) to study serious lung infections caused ... Read more

January 6, 2017January 6, 2017

Past Decade Saw Many New Therapies for NSCLC, but Modest Survival Benefit for Patients

Lung Cancer, News

The past decade saw the development of several new therapies for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but little survival benefit for patients with advanced-stage disease, according to a new study ... Read more