bronchiectasis

June 2, 2015November 6, 2015

Researchers Find Association Between Combined Bronchiectasis and Lung Cancer in Patients With COPD

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Results from a recent study published in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease show that the concomitant presence of bronchiectasis in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is ... Read more

March 24, 2015November 6, 2015

Cholesterol-lowering Drug Atorvastatin May Be a Potential Treatment in Bronchiectasis

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Atorvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug, may be used as a potential anti-inflammatory therapy in bronchiectasis. The study entitled “Atorvastatin as a stable treatment in bronchiectasis: a randomised controlled trial” was published ... Read more

March 23, 2015November 6, 2015

Progress Being Made in Bronchiectasis Drug Therapies and Medical Devices

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Unlike some diseases, bronchiectasis is treated by controlling its signs and symptoms, not necessarily by treating the disease itself. This is due to the fact that few patients respond to ... Read more

February 27, 2015May 28, 2015

Hospital Readmission an Issue in Bronchiectasis, COPD

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Hospital readmission for patients with bronchiectasis and COPD is a major problem. In fact, one out of every eleven patients with COPD is readmitted to the hospital only 30 days after discharge. A recent ... Read more

February 9, 2015November 6, 2015

Bronchiectasis Increasingly Recognized As Underdiagnosed

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Patients with bronchiectasis are intimately familiar with the disease’s vicious cycle of symptoms. Recurrent inflammation and infection, two hallmarks of the disease, lead to compromised mucociliary clearance, disallowing mucous removal ... Read more

February 3, 2015November 6, 2015

Vitamin D May Link Bronchiectasis and COPD

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A large project underway at University Hospital of Leuven, headed by principal investigator Wim Janssens, MD, PhD, is identifying the mechanism behind bronchiectasis development in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ... Read more

January 8, 2015November 6, 2015

Bronchiectasis Onset in CF Combatted with Azithromycin

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To “combat CF” and reduce bronchiectasis onset in the disease, researchers and clinicians at Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute are currently recruiting patients for the “COMBATCF” clinical trial, “Prevention of ... Read more

November 24, 2014November 6, 2015

Recent Asian Bronchiectasis Study Offers Analysis Of Etiology, Focus On Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

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A study entitled “Analysis Of Etiology And Clinical Manifestations Of Patients With Bronchiectasis In Chinese Adult From Peking Union Medical College Hospital” was published in the American Thoracic Society International ... Read more

September 24, 2014November 6, 2015

Pseudomonas Leads to Bronchiectasis By Distracting Antibodies

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One of the obstacles that pharmaceutical companies and researchers face in the development of new therapeutics is bacterial mutation. Some medications take, on average, a decade of testing and rigorous ... Read more

July 2, 2014November 6, 2015

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

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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