This image shows a Bajau diver hunting fish underwater using a traditional spear. Credit: Melissa Ilardo This image shows a Bajau diver hunting fish underwater using a traditional spear. Credit: Melissa Ilardo Close The Bajau people of Southeast Asia, known as Sea Nomads, spend their whole lives at sea, working eight-hour diving shifts with traditional […]
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Scientists searching for a therapy to stop the deadly and mostly untreatable lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), found a new molecular target that slows or stops the illness in preclinical laboratory tests. A research team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center reports its data in the journal Cell Reports. It found that a gene […]
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is widespread in China with 8.6 percent of the country’s adult population — almost 100 million people -suffering from the chronic lung disease, according to a new Tulane University study published in The Lancet. The study, which provided lung-function screenings for more than 50,990 participants, is the largest survey of […]
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is widespread in China with 8.6 percent of the country’s adult population – almost 100 million people -suffering from the chronic lung disease, according to a new Tulane University study published in The Lancet. The study, which provided lung-function screenings for more than 50,990 participants, is the largest survey of […]
Can tai chi replace pulmonary rehabilitation? How the effects of tai chi were tested A ‘viable alternative’ to standard treatment A new study published in the journal Chest has revealed that the ancient martial art is just as effective as pulmonary rehabilitation for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Tai chi originated in China, but more […]
March 29, 2018 In Germany, 13.2% of the population older than 40 are affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). By 2020, COPD will be the third most common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2018; 115: 117-23), the group of authors led by […]
Working with cells that line the innermost layer of the blood vessels, Johns Hopkins investigators say they have made a leap forward in understanding the underlying biology behind pulmonary hypertension, a dangerous type of high blood pressure in lungs that ultimately leads to right heart failure and death. By conducting experiments in endothelial cells, they […]
March 27, 2018 Working with cells that line the innermost layer of the blood vessels, Johns Hopkins investigators say they have made a leap forward in understanding the underlying biology behind pulmonary hypertension, a dangerous type of high blood pressure in lungs that ultimately leads to right heart failure and death. By conducting experiments in […]
By working with cells that line the innermost layer of the blood vessels, researchers say they’ve made great strides in understanding the biology behind pulmonary hypertension. Credit: iStock Working with cells that line the innermost layer of the blood vessels, Johns Hopkins investigators say they have made a leap forward in understanding the underlying biology […]
Malignant tumour cells from a primary tumour have to pass into the bloodstream in order to form metastases in other organs. It is accepted in medical research that, in breast cancer for example, tumour cells first of all enter the vascular system and then colonise the sentinel lymph nodes closest to the primary tumour. From […]