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- Possible Treatment for Kids' Respiratory Infection
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug shows promise as a treatment for a common and potentially serious illness known as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Currently, there is no treatment or vaccine for RSV, which can be deadly for in
Read Full Article - Too Much TV Time Tied to Lung Blood Clot Risk
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- People who sit around watching TV for hours on end may raise their risk for a sudden and deadly blockage of a lung artery, new research reveals. Called a pulmonary embolism, the condition is described by study author Toru Shi
Read Full Article - NYC Declares Legionnaires' Outbreak Over
Editor's note: This story was updated Aug. 25, 2015, with new case numbers, officials declaring the outbreak over, and the source of the outbreak identified. Aug. 4, 2015 -- Twelve people died and 124 were sickened in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in South Bronx, N.Y., according to the New York C
Read Full Article - COPD: New Treatments on the Horizon
New research may give doctors more tools to treat COPD, keep it from getting worse, or prevent it in people who are at risk, like smokers, says Albert Rizzo, MD, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, DE. In addition to inhaled medicines that he
Read Full Article - COPD: Ways to Avoid Weight Loss
Breathing is hard work if you have COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Your inflamed lungs and partially blocked airways make it a struggle to get air in and out. That effort to breathe burns a lot of calories -- way more than someone with healthy lungs, says Albert Rizzo, MD, chief of p
Read Full Article - Techniques to Help You Breathe Easier
If you have COPD, you know that awful feeling when you just can’t catch your breath. It’s easy to panic, and that makes the situation worse. But there are methods that can help you control your breathing and train your body to feel less short of breath. It’s not as simple as breathing in and out tho
Read Full Article - Steroids May Help Speed Pneumonia Recovery
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Steroid treatment may hasten pneumonia patients' recovery and cut their risk of complications, a new review suggests. The findings "should lead to an important change in treatment for pneumonia," lead author Dr. Reed Siemi
Read Full Article - MERS FAQ: What You Need to Know
Editor’s note: This story was updated on July 28, 2015. May 5, 2014 -- The deadly respiratory virus known as MERS, first identified in 2012 in the Middle East, has resurfaced in Asia. In this latest outbreak, more than 180 cases and more than 35 deaths have been reported in South Korea as of July 27
Read Full Article - Viruses, Not Bacteria, Cause Many Pneumonia Cases
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Viruses cause more pneumonia-related hospitalizations among American adults than bacteria, although the cause of the lung infection is undetected in most cases, a new federal study says. The findings show the need for i
Read Full Article - Many Smokers May Have Undiagnosed Lung Disease
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of long-term smokers may have undiagnosed lung disease, a new study finds. Fifty-five percent of those who pass lung function tests still have a respiratory impairment, researchers report. But, using advan
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