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Did you know that using e-cigarettes appear to damage mucus clearance?

Did you know that using e-cigarettes appear to damage mucus clearance?

Published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, research shows that using e-cigarettes appears to impair mucus clearance. According...
Following a comprehensive smoking ban, child deaths in Brazil have fallen

Following a comprehensive smoking ban, child deaths in Brazil have fallen

According to researchers, strengthening the legislation regarding the smoking ban in Brazil  between 2000 and 2016 averted over 15,000 child deaths for those under...
Discover how Manuka honey can kill drug resistant bacteria found in cystic fibrosis infections

Discover how Manuka honey can kill drug resistant bacteria found in cystic fibrosis infections

According to experts at Swansea University, UK, Manuka honey could provide the key to tackling drug resistant bacteria in cystic fibrosis infections – could...
Levels of second-hand smoke significantly reduced in prisons

Levels of second-hand smoke significantly reduced in prisons

According to University of Stirling, levels of second-hand smoke in Scotland’s prisons fell by more than 80% in the week after smoking was banned. Published...
Patients, progress and participation in cystic fibrosis research

Patients, progress and participation in cystic fibrosis research

Hilde De Keyser talks to Health Europa about the importance of involving patients in cystic fibrosis research. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited and to...
Developing a first-in-class regenerative gene therapy for cystic fibrosis

Developing a first-in-class regenerative gene therapy for cystic fibrosis

OmniSpirant Limited is an Irish company developing a regenerative gene therapy with the potential to transform respiratory medicine. The innovative OmniSpirant platform is based on...
Liquid biopsies: detecting cancerous DNA in the blood of lung cancer patients

Liquid biopsies: detecting cancerous DNA in the blood of lung cancer patients

Published in the Annals of Oncology, using the blood of lung cancer patients, researchers have detected cancerous DNA, could this be an advancement in...
Beware of toxic chemicals: shisha effects explained

Beware of toxic chemicals: shisha effects explained

Do you know anything about shisha effects? Well, now published in the journal Circulation, researchers have discovered smokers are inhaling toxic chemicals that may...
Learn about the breakthrough chronic lung disease discovery

Learn about the breakthrough chronic lung disease discovery

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, have discovered a novel experimental treatment for chronic lung disease with the potential to improve lives. For people...
Preserving lung microbial diversity in cystic fibrosis

Preserving lung microbial diversity in cystic fibrosis

Published in Scientific Reports, correct antibiotic dosage could potentially preserve lung microbial diversity in those suffering from cystic fibrosis. Children and young adults with cystic...
Can computer simulators demonstrate how to reduce lung damage in children?

Can computer simulators demonstrate how to reduce lung damage in children?

According to researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, computer simulators can show how to reduce lung damage in children in intensive care. It is...
What do you know about immune checkpoint inhibitors?

What do you know about immune checkpoint inhibitors?

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have become important tools for managing non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), could the analysis identify individuals with malignant diseases? Reported in The Journal...
Small cell lung cancer: the world of highly lethal cancers

Small cell lung cancer: the world of highly lethal cancers

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine studied highly lethal cancers, using human embryonic stem cells to create a new model system specifically exploring small cell...
E-cigarettes: misconception of vaping dangers in the UK

E-cigarettes: misconception of vaping dangers in the UK

Research from King's College London, UK, finds smokers and ex-smokers overestimate the vaping dangers of e-cigarettes. The Cancer Research UK-funded study assessed the knowledge about...
A call to action for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

A call to action for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

The EU-IPFF sets out a series of recommendations to improve the quality of life and treatment outcomes of people living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...
Lung transplant discrimination: patients claiming the system is ‘rigged’

Lung transplant discrimination: patients claiming the system is ‘rigged’

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA, lung transplant discrimination may still be occurring across the nation. Court filing prompted change in lung allocation policy in...
Could exercising outweigh the negative effects of diesel exhaust emissions?

Could exercising outweigh negative effects of diesel exhaust emissions?

Diesel exhaust emissions contribute a considerable amount to air pollution in Europe, now thanks to CE Delft we can delve into the impacts of...
Cognitive behavioural therapy techniques & its cost effectiveness

Cognitive behavioural therapy techniques & its cost effectiveness

Treating COPD patients for anxiety by implementing certain cognitive behavioural therapy techniques has shown to reduce hospital visits and be cost effective. According to a...
Sperm count found to be 50% lower in sons of fathers who smoke

Sperm count found to be 50% lower in sons of fathers who smoke

Research found that independent of nicotine exposure from mothers, sons of fathers who smoke had half as much sperm count compared to non-smoking fathers. Many...
Find out how cigarette smoking causes lung cell exhaustion leading to TB

Find out how cigarette smoking causes lung cell exhaustion leading to TB

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin unveiled how lung cell exhaustion caused by cigarette smoking affects their power to battle diseases such as TB. Cigarette smoking...

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