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A Novel Therapeutic Target in Asthma - The A2B Adenosine Receptor
The observation that adenosine-mediated BHR is reduced but persistent in mast-cell-deficient mice supports the existence of a mast-cell-independent...
Airway Diseases - Influential Developments in the Last Five Years
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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and the Genetics of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
AAT is a circulating protein, synthesized primarily in the liver, with potent antiprotease and anti-inflammatory activities. While more than 100...
As Use of Herbal Remedies Soars, Patients Taking These and Cardiovascular Medications May be at Heightened Risk of Dangerous, Potentially Life-Threatening Interactions
"Many people have a false sense of security about these herbal products because they are seen as 'natural,'" said Arshad Jahangir, M.D.,...
Asthma in the Elderly
This is a cardinal feature of asthma at any age. There is a common misperception that asthma is predominantly a childhood disease. However, in a...
Bordetella bronchiseptica pneumonia in a man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report
Introduction Bordetella bronchiseptica is a common pathogen in the respiratory ract of many wild and domestic animals, but it is rarely found in...
Cardiopulmonary Drug Interactions
In case of co-morbidity, following evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of pulmonary and cardiac diseases carries difficulties because of the...
Chronic Cardiopulmonary Disease and the Skeletal Muscles
However, there has been a recent surge of interest in exploring the hypothesis that diseases such as COPD and CHF may have a systemic component that...
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and State-of-the-art Nebulization
Refinements in nebulizer technology that attempted to overcome some of these problems led to the development of breath-enhanced and dosimetric...
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease The Power of Perception
By 2020,COPD is expected to become the third leading cause of death in the world. Despite these staggering statistics, many people with COPD continue...
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – A Contemporary View
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – A Contemporary View
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is very common and is increasing in prevalence, particularly in the developing world. In the US it is...
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – Is It Time for Spirometry Screening?
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – Is It Time for Spirometry Screening?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem. Cigarette smoking is the main cause of COPD. The prevalence of COPD...
Clustering of sebaceous gland carcinoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma and breast cancer in a woman as a new cancer susceptibility disorder: a case report
Introduction Multiple distinct tumors arising in a single individual or within members of a family raise the suspicion of a genetic susceptibility...
Complementary Therapies for Smoking Cessation – A Useful Tool or Merely a Smoke Screen?
There are more than one billion smokers in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) attributes 5.4 million deaths per year to tobacco use and...
Critical Care Professional Societies Address the Critical Care Crisis in the US
While it has been generally acknowledged and widely appreciated that the shortages in nursing, respiratory care practitioners, and pharmacists have...
Cystic Fibrosis in 2006
In the lung, this results in abnormal clearance of mucus, chronic suppurative pulmonary infection, and robust pulmonary inflammation.This process...
Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
As a consequence, rates of access to health services are high, affecting both primary and secondary care. It is believed that early and accurate...
Diet and Chronic Respiratory Diseases - Benefits and Risks
Despite the enormous global burden caused by chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) there is less reliable data available on the effect of diet on CRD...
