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Obesity is a metabolic condition resulting from an imbalance between the energy consumed and the energy expended. This is often caused by an increase in the intake of calorie-dense foods and a decrease in physical activity, leading to an abnormal build-up of fat. Such fat accumulation can have serious health consequences, raising the risk of chronic diseases like cardiovascular conditions, ...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease characterized by progressive scarring of the lungs, which severely impairs lung function over time. Developing effective treatments for IPF has been a challenge for the medical community, as the mechanisms driving this disease are complex and not fully understood. ...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) remains a devastating condition with limited treatment options, often leading to a grim prognosis. However, a recent study by Milman-Krentsis (2024) offers a beacon of hope, demonstrating the potential of lung cell transplantation as a therapeutic intervention for lung fibrosis. Utilizing two distinct mouse models—one treated with bleomycin and another ...
The incidence of landscape fires has been rising globally, leading to increased exposure to landscape fire smoke (LFS) among millions of people. The inhalation of particulate matter (PM) from LFS is associated with adverse respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes. However, the mechanisms by which LFS impacts these functions remain inadequately understood. This blog focuses on a new ...
Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are major global health threats. Their interaction worsens disease severity, as HIV reduces CD4+ T cells, making individuals more vulnerable to TB. Despite progress, an effective animal model that mimics human immune response during HIV/TB co-infection has been lacking, hindering treatment and vaccine development. Bohorguez et al. ...
This study highlights the efficacy of phage DS6A in reducing Mtb load and improving lung function, with critical insights gained through advanced pulmonary function testing using the flexiVent system. ...
Recent advances in the fight against severe acute inflammatory lung diseases, including COVID-19, have revealed a promising new approach to treating pulmonary hyperinflammation and long-term lung damage such as fibrosis. ...
The MedM health monitoring app is paired with Vitalograph’s Asthma-1 BT and Lung Monitor BT Smart devices. The app works as a digital asthma or lung function diary, helping users to better understand and manage their condition. ...
The Zephyr Valve is a minimally invasive treatment option that can deliver significant benefits to patients including improvements in lung function, exercise capacity, and quality of life.1 Placed by bronchoscopy, with no cutting or incision, the valves are for patients who remain symptomatic despite optimal management including medications, pulmonary ...
These tests are relatively simple to perform, and pulmonologists are currently comfortable making decisions about care based largely on the global information on lung functioning that the tests provide. To convince pulmonologists to make the switch to a sophisticated approach like FRI, they will need to be thoroughly convinced of the benefits that regional, ...
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Our differentiated device technology platform has the potential to simplify the delivery of higher efficiency inhalation drug products, making effective therapies available for patients with compromised lung function.” About Nob Hill Therapeutics: Nob Hill Therapeutics patented DryNeb™ Dry Powder Nebulizer is proven to deliver treatment drugs to the ...
Once the target lobe is converted from CV+ to CV-, patients can be treated with Zephyr Valves, which has been shown to improve lung function, quality of life, and exercise capacity for patients with severe COPD/emphysema.1 The CONVERT study uses the AeriSeal System to close collateral air flow. ...
Elias is an internationally renowned lung specialist who has made seminal discoveries in lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, asthma and COPD. ...
Finally, total airway count (TAC) is an early measure of airway diseases like COPD, shown to predict rapid lung function decline. The newest functional biomarkers include respiratory airflow dynamics, a computational technique which measures functional aspects of respiration, including the flow rate of air, resistance, particle ...
“We have more insight into the lung vasculature, tissue, and airways,” De Backer comments. Exemplifying this increased insight, he adds, “We could immediately see what happens in patients with COVID. ...
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In addition to greatly reducing severe asthma attacks and improving lung function, patients in our clinical trials also reduced their oral corticosteroid use. ...
NDD Medical Technologies (NDD), a leading provider of diagnostic technology enabling healthcare professionals the early detection of COPD and other chronic lung diseases, has updated the entire EasyOne® product range, including the EasyOne Air, Easy on-PC, EasyOne Pro, and EasyOne Pro LAB, to be compliant with the ATS/ERS Standardization of Spirometry 2019. Spirometry is ...
Thanks to this support, THORASYS will accelerate a strategic innovation aimed at assessing lung function in remote patient monitoring context. The technology currently evaluated would allow patients to test themselves from home, without effort, and to closely monitor the evolution of their respiratory condition. ...
Outcomes from a previous Lungpacer clinical study published in theFebruary 2022 edition of the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine showed Lungpacer therapy strengthened the diaphragm 246% more, and improved lung function 128% more than patients who did not receive the therapy.[1] The growing body of research including more than 44 scientific ...
“Quantitative imaging of the airways, for example with functional respiratory imaging (FRI), is evolving from a research tool towards clinical applications” ,Dr. ...
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