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A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers may have found a key mechanism underlying idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a usually fatal lung disease for which transplantation is the only successful treatment. The investigators found that a specific molecular pathway appears responsible for key aspects of the scarring of lung tissue that characterizes IPF, [...]

Parents’ cultural beliefs influence how they view their children’s asthma and its treatment, according to a U.K. study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, Reuters Health reports. The study looked at a survey of the parents of 150 children treated at asthma clinics in London. Of the survey population, 41 parents had a [...]

Doctors have been given the green light to prescribe a life-saving jab that can treat severe allergic asthma. Professor Mark Britton, a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey and Vice-Chair of the Postgraduate Medical School Advisory Council, was involved in the British trials of Xolair (Omalizumab) before it was licensed this year. Xolair, which [...]

Aerocrine AB (STO:AERO) announces that the company’s NIOX product has been approved by SFDA, the Chinese registration authority. Aerocrine has also entered into a distribution agreement with Bioson Inc. that includes sales of both NIOX and NIOX MINO in China. NIOX is the first device for managing airway inflammation by measuring exhaled NO, that is [...]

The lung function of people with asthma is harmed by the effects of diesel traffic air pollution, say researchers in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), December 6th issue. Dr. Paul Cullinan, honorary consultant in respiratory medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, and reader in respiratory epidemiology, Imperial College’s National Heart and [...]

Diesel exhaust fumes on polluted streets have a measurable effect on people with asthma, according to the first study looking at exhausts and asthma in a real-life setting, published on 6 December in the New England Journal of Medicine. The new study looked at the effects on 60 people with mild and moderate asthma of [...]

The New York Times on Thursday examined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S., as part of a series on the six leading causes of illness and death. COPD can occur as emphysema, which “destroys air sacs deep in the lungs,” and chronic bronchitis, which “causes inflammation, congestion and scarring [...]

A new classification system of rare lung diseases in infants is improving diagnosis and treatment. The system clears up considerable confusion about how to classify and treat diseases that are rarely seen by most doctors and pathologists, says Gail H. Deutsch, M.D., lead author of the multi-center study that developed the new guidelines. “Formerly, doctors [...]

Treatment with ibuprofen is associated with a significantly slower rate of decline in lung function in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis, according to a new study. Researchers found that patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who took high doses of ibuprofen had a 29 percent reduction in loss of lung function compared to those who [...]

Findings released by the Health Department provide the first broad snapshot of physical and mental health effects among children exposed to the World Trade Center disaster. The survey found that children under five had an increased likelihood of being diagnosed with asthma in the two to three years following the event, though not as sharp [...]