More articles about: Lungs and Breathing
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When Sepsis Patients Face Brain Impairment, Is Gut Bacteria to Blame?
Halting the voyage of gut bacteria to the brain could help prevent harmful brain inflammation after a sepsis infection, a new study shows.
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Just Breathe: New Device Diagnoses Lung Diseases Using Breath
Read how by bringing chromatography technology bedside has made detecting acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other life threatening lung diseases dramatically easier.
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Life with Pulmonary Fibrosis: ‘I’m on a Good Path’
After being diagnosed with chronic lung disease, a patient works hard to follow a treatment plan — and to embrace his faith and family.
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New Research Aims to Better Counsel Parents of Babies Born with Lung Lesions
Two analyses revealed widely varying treatments — and outcomes — for children with congenital lung malformations.
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Why Does Pulmonary Hypertension Cause Shortness of Breath?
Catching one’s breath after mild or no activity could be a sign of a rare but serious condition affecting the body’s ability to circulate oxygenated blood to the heart.
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There’s a Timely Sweet Spot for Intensified Lung Cancer Radiation
To improve local tumor control in advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer, a midtreatment PET-CT scan can detect active tumors for escalated radiation, new research finds.
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ATS 2017 Wrap-Up: Rapid Sepsis Treatment, Predicting Mortality After the ICU and More
The annual American Thoracic Society International Conference wrapped up this week. Here’s a look at some of the newest research and stories from this year’s conference.
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ATS 2017: New COPD Action Plan Outlines Strategies for Improved Care
A NHLBI national committee just released a national action plan for COPD diagnosis and care, providing updated professional guidelines and patient-centered recommendations.
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Common Drugs, Uncommon Risks? New Study Looks at Serious Health Problems After Short-Term Steroid Use
Many adults take corticosteroids for short-term symptom relief — but providers may want to consider possible side effects more closely.
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Predicting — and Preventing — Psychiatric Morbidity After ARDS
Michigan Medicine researchers sought to find out if they can anticipate who will be affected by psychiatric morbidity after surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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Exploring the Cause of Chronic Lung Transplant Rejection, in a Quest to Stop It
Exploring the Cause of Chronic Lung Transplant Rejection, in a Quest to Stop It
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Bacteria in Your Lungs? New Microbiome Study Shows How They Get There
Read about a new lung microbiome study reviewing new research on bacteria in lungs and how it got there, and what happens to the and our bodies as a result.
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Hospital Harmonica Group Helps Lung Condition Patients Thrive
Watch the U-M Pulmonary Rehabilitation Harmonica Group offer lung disease patients an opportunity to exercise their lungs & discuss their conditions.
 NSCLC patient Tori and her children
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‘I Had A Hunch’: Finding Cancer Care Thanks to a Rare Genetic Mutation
Married mother of three tells her NSCLC treatment story. Learn more about Tori's non-small cell lung cancer treatment including crizotinib and chemotherapy.
 Lab grown lungs from stem cells
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Lab-Grown Human ‘Mini Lungs’ Successfully Engraft in Mice, a Respiratory Research Breakthrough
Scientists at the University of Michigan have transplanted lab grown lungs into mice. Learn about stem cell research including how stem cell organs are created.
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