Posts by: Leonor Mateus Ferreira

Leonor Mateus Ferreira

Leonor Mateus Ferreira is an emerging, young journalist, with a Batchelor's degree in Communication and post-graduate degree in Multiplatform Journalism. She is particularly interested in politics and current affairs, and is currently studying for a masters degree in economics and public policies.

February 26, 2015November 5, 2015

Broadway Belts for PFF! Raises $150,000 for PF Research

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

Several broadway artists have once again joined the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s (PFF) mission and showed off their “belting” talent in order to raise awareness and funding to support the fight against pulmonary fibrosis ... Read more

February 26, 2015November 6, 2015

Boehringer Presents New Phase III Data for Asthma Therapy Tiotropium

Asthma, News

Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim recently presented encouraging data regarding its investigational drug tiotropium delivered through the company’s Respimat inhaler, for the treatment of asthma. The data was presented at the 2015 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology ... Read more

February 23, 2015February 25, 2015

Majority of Young American Smokers Use Multiple Tobacco Products

Lung Cancer, News

Young people who smoke in the United States are adopting new and more complex smoking habits and are using at least two types of tobacco products instead of cigarettes alone. These are ... Read more

February 19, 2015November 9, 2015

Physician Highlights Risks of Frigid Weather For People With Chronic Respiratory Diseases

COPD, News

With the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S. facing arctic cold temperatures, clinical associate professor of family medicine at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine Dr. David Holmes released a ... Read more

February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

New UK Law Bans Smoking in Cars with Underaged Passengers

News

With 342 MPs voting in favor of a new law on smoking, it will soon be illegal in England to smoke in cars with underaged passengers, in order to reduce children’s exposure ... Read more

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015

Smoking Can Cause More Deadly Diseases Than Previously Thought

Lung Cancer, News

A study supported by the American Cancer Society discovered that there are more fatal conditions caused by tobacco than originally thought. The scientists reported that other diseases, in addition to the ones traditionally ... Read more

February 13, 2015November 5, 2015

Corbus Releases 2014 Financial Results For CF, SSc Investigational Drug Development Efforts

Cystic Fibrosis

Emerging drug development company Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., which is currently working to commercialize therapeutic solutions for rare, life-threatening inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, recently presented its financial results for 2014. The company posted ... Read more

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015

58 Million Nonsmokers Still Exposed to Secondhand Smoke, CDC Report Warns

Lung Cancer, News

According to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every four people in the United States is exposed to secondhand smoke. This means 58 ... Read more

February 9, 2015November 6, 2015

Top 10 Reasons to Go to the 11th Asthma & COPD Conference in April 2015

Asthma, News

This year’s Asthma & COPD 2015 will be held at the Holiday Inn Regent’s Park Hotel between April 13 and 14, 2015 in London, United Kingdom, and will include prominent scientists, clinicians and ... Read more

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015

New Cystic Fibrosis Therapy From Celtaxsys Granted Orphan Designation by FDA

News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to an orally available therapeutic currently under development by clinical stage biotechnology company Celtaxsys for the treatment of cystic fibrosis ... Read more