COPD

March 5, 2015November 9, 2015

NICE Reports on COPD Quality of Care Disparities in the UK

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The British National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is recommending that physicians and medical facilities follow standard health care regulations in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a new report. The ... Read more

March 4, 2015November 9, 2015

Adamis Pharma Announces Optimistic Results for Beclomethasone Dipropionate HFA Product for Asthma and COPD

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Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation recently announced promising outcomes from the pharmacokinetic assessment of its beclomethasone dipropionate HFA product APC-1000 for asthma and COPD. This study was a Phase I, randomized, open label, single-dose, four-way crossover pharmacokinetic evaluation comparing the company’s APC-1000 (Beclomethasone Dipropionate HFA, ... Read more

March 3, 2015November 9, 2015

Genentech to Present at 2015 COPD & Asthma Conference on Biomarker Selection

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Biotechnology company Genentech has been invited to present at the 11th Asthma & COPD conference, an annual event that will gather some of the most internationally prominent scientists, clinicians and industry leaders to discuss ... Read more

March 2, 2015November 9, 2015

Enhancing and Inhibiting Autophagy in Lung Disease is Double-Edged

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Researchers from the Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York recently discussed the role of autophagy in lung diseases in a study titled “Autophagy in lung disease pathogenesis ... Read more

February 26, 2015November 9, 2015

Inflammatory Protein Associated with COPD Severity

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A recent study entitled “Evaluation of serum interleukin-1 beta as an inflammatory marker in COPD patients” was published in the Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis by Dr. Dina ... Read more

February 25, 2015November 9, 2015

Shisha Smoking Not Much Safer than Cigarette Smoking Due to Heavy Metals

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In disagreement with what is commonly believed, only a small part of heavy metals are actually eliminated in the supposed filtration process of smoking shisha, known also as hookah, explained a research study titled “Compartmental Analysis of Metals ... Read more

February 23, 2015November 9, 2015

Mortality From Diseases Not Officially Established As Smoking Related My Be Substantial

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A new Special Article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) says that mortality among current smokers is still two to three times greater than among persons who ... Read more

February 19, 2015November 9, 2015

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

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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 19, 2015November 9, 2015

Interstitial Lung Disease Patients Benefit from Pulmonary Rehabilitation

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Individuals with chronic lung diseases — such as cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and chronic bronchitis — are sometimes recommended to start a pulmonary rehabilitation ... Read more

February 17, 2015November 9, 2015

International Drug Research Team Launches New Startup Venture to Tackle Chronic Respiratory Disease

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Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd, a startup drug discovery company founded in May, 2014 with a central research and development focus on new respiratory disease therapeutics, has announced that it has secured ... Read more