Respiratory Research Network of India

21/04/2016

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/asthmatic-children-wear-monitors-to-track-levels-of-pollution-on-way-to-school-a3222336.html

Asthmatic children are wearing pollution monitors and GPS trackers to measure how much noxious air they breathe in walking to school for a major study by a team of London scientists. Queen Mary University of London researchers are examining whether children and teenagers can lessen the ai…

21/04/2016

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/18/end-of-inhalers-cure-for-asthma-and-food-allergies-on-horizon/?utm_content=buffere1fe8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

A universal cure for asthma and food allergies is on the horizon after scientists found a way to convince the immune system to ignore triggers like pollen or peanuts. The new approach involves taking a small amount of the problem food or allergen and encasing it in a special shell to form a 'nanopar…

21/04/2016

http://www.aarc.org/respiratory-therapist-goes-on-first-ever-ecmo-transport-at-his-hospital/

Never before had an ecmo transport been attempted by this transport team. But when the time came, AARC member Timothy Bantle was a part of the team.

21/04/2016

http://www.medpagetoday.com/clinical-context/COPD/57393?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-04-18&eun=g961409d0r

Asthma diagnosis after age 40 raises COPD death risk

05/04/2016

Kentucky is well known for basketball and horses. Unfortunately, it is also well known as a "smoker's state" as more than one quarter of all Kentuckians smoke. That translates to poor health: we have the highest rate of death in the U.S. from chronic lower respiratory tract diseases.

05/04/2016

In 1981, Bruce Reitz and Norman Shumway performed the first successful combined heart-lung transplant in a patient with end-stage primary pulmonary hypertension, opening the door to the possibility of future isolated lung transplantation in humans. Two years later, Dr. Joel Cooper made successful lung transplants a reality. While the procedure still has it’s difficulties, the viability of lung transplantation has come a long way. You can learn more about lung transplants with the ATS Patient Information sheet: http://owl.li/108NYF

01/04/2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/tuberculosis-cases-in-u-s-rise-for-first-time-in-23-years-1458838847

Tuberculosis is no longer on the decline in the U.S., after nearly a quarter century of steady reductions in cases of the deadly airborne disease, according to federal data.

28/03/2016

Patients with COPD may achieve better pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes when rehab is combined with music therapy (Image: Flickr/
Robert Couse-Baker) bit.ly/1Sd4hdS

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders (COPD) may achieve better pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes when rehab is combined with music therapy.

28/03/2016

Omega-3 compound may reduce COPD infections – promotes H. influenzae clearance in animal study: http://owl.li/ZTdkF

Promotes H. influenzae clearance in animal study

26/03/2016

A rescue inhaler can be a lifesaver during an asthma or COPD flareup, but using a rescue inhaler is complicated and misuse is common, putting patients’ lives at risk. An education strategy, called teach-to-goal, may help patients use their inhalers properly during these critical times, according to research published in the American Thoracic Society journal Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Read it here: http://owl.li/ZTbCT