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This is a selection of articles from the October 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Respiratory Medicine headlines.
Pneumococcal Disease Vaccine
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Inhaled Iloprost Well-Tolerated In Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Inhaled Iloprost May Increase Airway Obstruction In Children
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Smoking Cessation Therapy May Be Harmful For ICU Patients
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Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Financial Conflicts of Interest Are Related to Voting Patterns at FDA Advisory Committee Meetings
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Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Many COPD Patients Going Without Tests
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Source: MedicineNet Lungs General - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Smoking: Exercise, Stress And Second Hand Smoke
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Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Chronic Cough And Sputum Linked To Secondhand Smoke
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Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Obese Children More Likely To Be Admitted For Asthma
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Proper Care Prevents Deep Vein Clots in Elderly
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Source: MedicineNet Lungs General - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Perth Medical Research Team Sheds New Light On Asthma
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Sildenafil May Improve Daily Activities In COPD
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Hyperglycemia In COPD May Lead To Longer Hospital Stays
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Vitamin C May Aid In COPD/Pneumonia Prognosis
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Diabetes Increases Asthma Prevalence
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Job Safety Education Can Reduce Respiratory Symptoms
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
New Surgery For Asthma Improves Symptoms
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Large Community Spirometry Screening Proves Successful
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Heliox should be available in every community hospital: author response.
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Source: Respiratory Care - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Toward solving the critical care manpower crisis.
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Source: Respiratory Care - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Radiation pneumonitis.
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Source: Respiratory Care - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Comparison of 2 models for managing tracheotomized patients in a subacute medical intensive care unit.
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Source: Respiratory Care - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Use of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation on the regular hospital ward: experience and correlates of success.
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Source: Respiratory Care - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
CHEST: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Responds to Tracleer
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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Large Community Spirometry Screening For COPD Proves Successful
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Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
[Letters to the editor] NSIP in a curry sauce factory worker
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Ando, S, Arai, T, Inoue, Y, Kitaichi, M, Sakatani, M Source Type: info
[Editorials] Lies, damned lies and mortality statistics?
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Hansell, A L Source Type: info
[Case reports] Trousseau's syndrome associated with tissue factor produced by pulmonary adenocarcinoma
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Sato, T, Tsujino, I, Ikeda, D, Ieko, M, Nishimura, M Source Type: info
[Asthma] Arginine-16 {beta}2 adrenoceptor genotype predisposes to exacerbations in young asthmatics taking regular salmeterol
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Palmer, C N A, Lipworth, B J, Lee, S, Ismail, T, Macgregor, D F, Mukhopadhyay, S Source Type: info
[Airwaves] Airwaves
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Wedzicha, W. Source Type: info
[Lung biology] Density of dendritic cells in the human tracheal mucosa is age dependent and site specific
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Tschernig, T, de Vries, V C, Debertin, A S, Braun, A, Walles, T, Traub, F, Pabst, R Source Type: info
[Lung alerts] Allergen sensitisation and impaired lung function in children
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Gupta, U Source Type: info
[Lung alerts] Budesonide-formoterol reliever therapy in asthma
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Quint, J K Source Type: info
[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] Developing COPD: a 25 year follow up study of the general population
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Lokke, A, Lange, P, Scharling, H, Fabricius, P, Vestbo, J Source Type: info
[Letters to the editor] Inhaled corticosteroids and long term outcome in adults with asthma
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Merkus, P J F M, de Jongste, J C Source Type: info
[Lung alerts] Gene profiling to predict recurrence in lung cancer
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Mandal, S Source Type: info
[Letters to the editor] Critical care as part of respiratory medicine training in the UK
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Pattani, H, Wharton, S, Hart, N, Jones, A T, on behalf of the Respiratory Critical Care Group of the British Thoracic Society Source Type: info
[Miscellanea] Bronchorrhoea complicating inflammatory bowel disease
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Jain, R, Scheurich, D, Lindberg, G M, Girod, C E Source Type: info
[Editorials] Diabetes and sleep apnoea: a hidden epidemic?
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Wilding, J Source Type: info
[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] Deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in France, 1979-2002: a multiple cause analysis
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Source: Thorax - October 27, 2006 Authors: Fuhrman, C, Jougla, E, Nicolau, J, Eilstein, D, Delmas, M-C Source Type: info
Moderate Exercise Wards Off Colds in Older Women
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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Airway Zapper Improves Asthma
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Source: MedicineNet Asthma General - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Anxiety Disorders And Physical Conditions Linked
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Stay In Court-Ordered $20M Payments To Smoking Cessation Program
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Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Authors' Reply
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Source: Pediatric Pulmonology - October 25, 2006 Authors: Donald R. Van Devanter, Jill M. Van Dalfsen Source Type: info
Drug Combo Gives New Hope Against Lung Disease
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Source: MedicineNet Lungs General - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
CHRONIC AIRWAY DISEASE: DETERIORATING PULMONARY FUNCTION IN SHEEP ASSOCIATED WITH REPEATED CHALLENGES OF HOUSE DUST MITE
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Source: Experimental Lung Research - October 25, 2006 Authors: Koumoundouros, Emmanuel
Bischof, Robert J.
Meeusen, Els N.
Mareels, Iven M. Y.
Snibson, Kenneth J. Source Type: info
ALLERGIC BRONCHIAL AIRWAY INFLAMMATION IN NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (NGF)-DEPRIVED RATS: EVIDENCE SUGGESTING A NEUROIMMUNOMODULATORY ROLE OF NGF
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Source: Experimental Lung Research - October 25, 2006 Authors: Stampachiacchiere, Barbara
Aloe, Luigi
Micera, Alessandra
Bonini, Sergio Source Type: info
EFFECTS OF ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING ON RAT LUNG: ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE
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Source: Experimental Lung Research - October 25, 2006 Authors: Kandilci, H. Burak
Gumusel, Bulent
Topaloglu, Eda
Ucar, Gulberk
Korkusuz, Petek
Ugur, Yesim
Asan, Esin
DemiryArek, Abdullah T. Source Type: info
THE EFFECTS OF RECURRENT iPSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA/i INFECTION ON PULMONARY PARENCHYMA AND VASCULATURE IN RATS FED ON A CHOLESTEROL-RICH DIET
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Source: Experimental Lung Research - October 25, 2006 Authors: A-zbudak, A-mer
Ogus, Candan
Saba, Rabin
Turkay, Cengiz
Sahin, Nursel
A-zbilim, GAlay
KiliAarslan, Bahar Source Type: info
CHEST: Hyperbaric Oxygen Credited for Miner's Recovery
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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Exercise Helps You Quit Smoking More Successfully
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Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
CHEST: Home Asthma Device Linked To Deaths
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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Surfactant Protein-D Regulates the Cell Surface Expression of Alveolar Macrophage {beta}2 Integrins.
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Source: Am J Physiol Lung Ce... - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
First Asthma Census Highlights Lack Of Control Of Condition, UK
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Large Untapped Global Market Exists For Improved TB Tests
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
ErbB receptor dimerization, localization, and co-localization in mouse lung type II epithelial cells
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Source: Pediatric Pulmonology - October 25, 2006 Authors: Katja Zscheppang, Elena Korenbaum, Wolfgang Bueter, Sujatha M. Ramadurai, Heber C. Nielsen, Christiane E.L. Dammann Source Type: info
CHEST: Destroying Airway Muscle With Heat Eases Asthma Symptoms
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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
CHEST: World Trade Center Cough Linked to Enzyme Deficiency
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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
CHEST: Flovent/Serevent Combo Lowers Mortality In 'Landmark' COPD Trial
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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Potential Alternative To Lung Surgery Provided By "Umbrella" Valve
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Nightmares and oxygen desaturations: is sleep apnea related to heightened nightmare frequency?
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Source: Sleep and Breathing - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Statins Protect Smokers From Lung Damage
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Source: Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
'Umbrella' Valve Provides A Potential Alternative To Lung Surgery
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
CHEST 2006: 72nd Annual International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians
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Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Abdominal Obesity in Children Linked to Central but Not Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
NS1 Protein of Influenza A Virus Inhibits the Function of Intracytoplasmic Pathogen Sensor, RIG-I.
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Source: Am J Respir Cell Mol... - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
Experts And Policymakers Demand Changes To The Current Approach To Asthma Management
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
Experts And Policymakers Demand Changes To The Current Approach To Asthma Management
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Silicosis Lung Damage Protection From Antioxidant
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Source: Asthma / Respiratory News From Medical News Today - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Viral and atypical bacterial infections in the outpatient pediatric cystic fibrosis clinic
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Source: Pediatric Pulmonology - October 20, 2006 Authors: Hanne Vebert Olesen, Lars P. Nielsen, Peter Oluf Schiotz Source Type: info
The Patient Safety Movement Finally Is Saving Lives and Raising Hopes
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Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Traveling as a risk factor for venous thromboembolic disease.
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