COPD

December 20, 2016December 20, 2016

Wnt5A Protein Linked to Inability of Lungs to Repair COPD Damage

COPD, News

Researchers believe that a protein called Wnt5A may be the cause of why the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) lose the ability to repair themselves. The ... Read more

December 14, 2016December 14, 2016

COPD Appears Prevalent in Non-smoking Women, Especially African-Americans

COPD, News

Women who have never smoked tobacco, particularly African-Americans, are susceptible to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease strongly associated with smoking. Other factors, from hormones to exposure to air ... Read more

November 15, 2016November 15, 2016

Enterprise Therapeutics Closes on $5 Million in Financing to Develop Mucus-clearing Therapies

Asthma, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, News

Enterprise Therapeutics has closed on £4 million ($5 million U.S.) in financing to develop and advance its novel mucus-clearing therapies to treat patients with severe lung diseases. Enterprise is pursuing new ... Read more

November 8, 2016November 8, 2016

Can Certain Odors Worsen Airway Diseases? Researchers Think So

Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, COPD, Emphysema, News

Olfactory receptors, a group of proteins that are activated by certain odors in the nose, can also be found in bronchi cells, where they regulate the way these cells work, ... Read more

October 10, 2016October 10, 2016

Clinical Trial Reveals Additional ResApp Results in Diagnosing Asthma, Pneumonia, URTI, COPD

Asthma, COPD, News, Pneumonia

ResApp Health announced additional positive results from its clinical study evaluating ResApp’s technology in adults with chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD), asthma, pneumonia, and upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). ResApp is ... Read more

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016

How Compound in Grapes and Wine Prevents Bacteria-Triggered Airway Inflammation Identified

Asthma, COPD, News

How a natural compound — resveratrol, found in grapes and red wine — works to reduce the inflammation caused by a bacterial infection that is particularly worrisome in people with airway disorders, such as asthma and ... Read more

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016

American Lung Association ‘Freedom from Smoking’ Videos to Air at 25,000 Clinics

Asthma, COPD, Lung Cancer, News

ContextMedia:Health and the American Lung Association (ALA) partnered to deliver lung health information through original video content, presenting the “Freedom from Smoking” online cessation program. ContextMedia:Health is a provider of digital solutions at ... Read more

September 28, 2016September 28, 2016

Specific Mold Toxins Weaken Airways’ Defenses and Immunity, Penn Study Shows

COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, News

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that toxins from a type of mold, called aflatoxins, weaken the airways’ self-clearing mechanisms and immunity, which may ... Read more

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016

Philips Sponsoring Film on Leonard Nimoy and His Final Struggle with COPD

COPD, News

Royal Philips is sponsoring a new documentary, “COPD: Highly Illogical – Remembering Leonard Nimoy,“ which provides an intimate look at the actor’s life, legacy, and his final years confronting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... Read more

September 1, 2016September 1, 2016

Debate on Stem Cell Therapy for Pulmonary Fibrosis Heats Up as FDA Hearings Near

COPD, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) readies a public hearing on stem cell therapy regulation, an ongoing debate over the clinical application of stem cell therapy has been heating ... Read more