http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. New research presents strong evidence that the "synergistic" effect of early-life exposure to both outdoor traffic-related pollution and indoor endotoxin causes more harm to developing lungs than one or the other exposure alone. http://www.physorg.com/news178266956.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:01 EST news178266956 Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The study is the first to analyze the effects of exposure to airborne metals in this very young population and the findings could have important public health implications. http://www.physorg.com/news178204336.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:50:02 EST news178204336 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London and the University of Hull, have identified the reaction inside the lungs that can trigger coughing when a person is exposed to particular irritants in the air. They suggest that their findings may ultimately lead to the development of new treatments for chronic coughing. http://www.physorg.com/news178200419.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:07:45 EST news178200419 Survival among patients in intensive care units in England has improved significantly since the implementation of the NHS Plan in 2000, finds new research published in BMJ today. http://www.physorg.com/news177312950.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:40:02 EST news177312950 Infants who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at increased risk for bronchiolitis, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news176702980.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:40:01 EST news176702980 Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), a therapy used in the treatment of premature newborns with respiratory failure that had shown promising results in short-term studies, does not significantly improve long-term outcomes, according to a national study led by critical care researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. http://www.physorg.com/news176395564.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:02 EST news176395564 Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern Ireland. http://www.physorg.com/news175500957.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:30:02 EST news175500957 Patients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. What's more, over the age of 85, ICU usage among terminal patients is eight times higher in the U.S. than in England, according to new research from Columbia University that compared the two countries' use of intensive care services during final hospitalizations. http://www.physorg.com/news175500904.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:15:40 EST news175500904 Overweight individuals are not just at greater risk of having sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB), they are also likely to suffer greater consequences, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news174197302.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:30:01 EST news174197302 Active tuberculosis can be rapidly identified in patients with negative sputum tests by a new method, according to European researchers. Active tuberculosis (TB) is the seventh-leading cause of death worldwide, and while the diagnosis of active TB can be rapidly established when the bacteria can be identified on sputum microscopy, in about half of all cases, the TB bacterium cannot be detected, making another diagnostic option critical in efforts to control the spread of TB. http://www.physorg.com/news172909167.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:50:03 EST news172909167 Women in Central Mexico who used a vented stove instead of the traditional indoor open fire, experienced improved respiratory health on par with a pack-a-day smoker kicking the habit, according to a recent study. http://www.physorg.com/news172909071.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:40:01 EST news172909071 After more than 50 experiments in mice, medical scientists at Johns Hopkins have mapped out the basic steps taken by a particular set of white blood cells in setting the pace of recovery after serious lung injury. http://www.physorg.com/news172780032.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:20:01 EST news172780032 Critical care experts at Johns Hopkins are reporting initial success in boosting recovery and combating muscle wasting among critically ill, mostly bed-bound patients using any one of a trio of mild physical therapy exercises during their stays in the intensive care unit (ICU). http://www.physorg.com/news172767869.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:06:14 EST news172767869 New research hints that the common belief that kids who go to daycare have lower rates of asthma and allergy later in life might be nothing more than wishful thinking. While young children in daycare definitely do get more illnesses and experience more respiratory symptoms as a result, any perceived protection these exposures afford against asthma and allergy seem to disappear by the time the child hits the age of eight. http://www.physorg.com/news171607564.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:49:33 EST news171607564 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new test can significantly improve diagnosis of the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, a joint team from the University of Oxford and the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital has shown. http://www.physorg.com/news170520424.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:47:39 EST news170520424 Is it more urgent for hospitals, doctors and nurses to focus resources on preventing the thousands of falls that injure hospitalized patients each year, or to home in on preventing rare but dramatic instances of wrong-side surgery? Is it best to concentrate immediately on preventing pediatric medical errors or on preventing drug interactions in the elderly? http://www.physorg.com/news170438785.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:08:25 EST news170438785 A study of 7,689 admissions from 178 adult intensive care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has revealed the factors associated with a higher mortality rate in haematological malignancy. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care found that certain factors have a significant impact on the risk of death. http://www.physorg.com/news170361730.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:50:01 EST news170361730 A new study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has found that the life-long effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy may occur through specific changes in DNA patterns. http://www.physorg.com/news170351632.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:10:02 EST news170351632 Mortality remains high among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension awaiting lung transplant, despite changes to the allocation system that were designed to reduce mortality and increase the equitable distribution of donor organs, according to new research out of University of California San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news170306977.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:00:03 EST news170306977 Smoking is a risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB) disease, according to a new study on TB incidence in Taiwan. http://www.physorg.com/news170307353.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:50:01 EST news170307353 A new technique may help clinicians hone in on a diagnosis in patients presenting with a pleural effusion of unknown cause. http://www.physorg.com/news170306819.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:29:18 EST news170306819 Taking dexamathasone prophlyactically may improve exercise capacity in some mountaineers, according to Swiss researchers. Dexamathasone, known popularly to climbers as "dex," has been used for years to treat altitude-related symptoms in mountaineers, but has never been tested for its ability to improve exercise capacity at high altitude. http://www.physorg.com/news169212677.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:50:04 EST news169212677 Some caregivers of critical care patients prefer doctors to keep their opinions on life support decisions to themselves, according to new research that challenges long-held beliefs in the critical care community. http://www.physorg.com/news169120074.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:50:02 EST news169120074 Use of a common antibiotic may be undercutting its utility as a first-line defense against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Fluoroquinolones are the most commonly prescribed class of antibiotics in the U.S. and are used to fight a number of different infections such as sinusitis and pneumonia. They are also an effective first line of defense against TB infections that show drug resistance. New research shows, however, that widespread general use of fluoroquinolones may be creating a strain of fluoroquinolone-resistant TB. http://www.physorg.com/news169121029.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:30:01 EST news169121029 Nine-year-olds can and should learn CPR. A study of 147 schoolchildren, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care, has shown that, although the smallest may lack the requisite strength, the knowledge of how to perform basic life support is well retained by young children. http://www.physorg.com/news168245992.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:00:28 EST news168245992 Coal dust exposure is directly linked to severity of emphysema in smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). http://www.physorg.com/news167589643.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:40:02 EST news167589643 Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can have a significantly beneficial effect in patients with severe emphysema, according to the first ever study to randomize emphysema patients to receive either LVRS or non-surgical medical care. http://www.physorg.com/news167589562.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:20:01 EST news167589562 Ozone exposure, even at levels deemed safe by current clean air standards, can have a significant and negative effect on lung function, according to researchers at the University of California Davis. http://www.physorg.com/news167588868.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:00:01 EST news167588868 Infants who weigh less than five and a half pounds at birth often enter the world with a host of medical complications, including respiratory problems. New research shows that these respiratory problems may persist well beyond their infancy and childhood and into adulthood. http://www.physorg.com/news166185563.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:40:01 EST news166185563 Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with lower cognitive function in older adults, according to research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Researchers compared cognitive performance in over 4,150 adults with and without COPD and found that individuals with severe COPD had significantly lower cognitive function than those without, even after controlling for confounding factors such as comorbidities. http://www.physorg.com/news166186706.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:20:03 EST news166186706