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March 24, 2015November 6, 2015

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

Bronchiectasis, News

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

June 9, 2014November 11, 2015

Five New Trial Results Offer New Insights Into Lung Disease Drug Treatment

COPD, News

Researchers from UC San Francisco recently announced several discoveries after the completion of five significant studies about lung disease, which were recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine. ... Read more

June 5, 2014November 11, 2015

Study Confirms Statin Drugs Do Not Prevent COPD Exacerbation

COPD

Statin drugs, commonly used to decrease cholesterol levels, doesn’t reduce the number and severity of outbreaks in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). That was the result of a clinical trial from ... Read more

May 23, 2014November 11, 2015

Study Evaluates Rosuvastatin Therapy In COPD Patients

COPD, News

RODEO, a new study presented at the 2014 American Thoracic Society International Conference by Anky Neukamm, MD, of Akershus University Hospital in Norway, studied the effects on forced expiratory volume in ... Read more