PULMONARY DISEASES

Cat lovers, look away now – a deadly virus that has killed thousands of cats in Cyprus has made its way to UK shores. Cyprus has suffered an outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) this year. It is estimated to have killed 8,500 cats in Cyprus in the first half of 2023, while one estimate […]

CRYING in a hospital bed with a nebuliser mask on his tiny face, one-month-old Ayansh Tiwari has a thick, hacking cough. His doctors blame the acrid air that blights New Delhi every year. The spartan emergency room of the government-run Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya hospital in the Indian capital is crowded with children struggling to […]

Members of Wicklow COPD Group who participated in World COPD Day with a sponsored walk on the Murrough to raise much needed funds to support the organisation World COPD Day was marked in Wicklow last Wednesday by the members of the Wicklow COPD group, who organised a sponsored walk on the Murroughgh COPD Ireland members […]

Air pollution poses a substantial threat to respiratory health, causing irritation in the airways, damage to lung tissue, and elevating the risk of various lung diseases. One of the gravest consequences is lung cancer, with approximately 7 million deaths attributed to air pollution annually, according to the World Health Organization. Beyond lung cancer, air pollution […]

I was 14 when I started smoking. A friend of mine had started and it seemed pretty cool to do. There were no warnings about the dangers back then. When I was young, a bus would go past and on the side there would be an advertisement for Capstan Full Strength or Benson and Hedges. […]

Doha, Qatar: ​The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation, (PHCC) has launched a public awareness campaign aimed at empowering the community in protecting themselves from viral respiratory infections including seasonal influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19. Head of Infectious Diseases at HMC, Dr. Abdullatif […]

Dr. Gil Nonato Santos, head of DLSU’s iNano Research Facility, demonstrates a cost-effective tuberculosis test that uses nanotechnology to detect telltale compounds in a patient’s breath. (Photo credit: Dr. Gil Nonato Santos) Nanotechnology is a bustling field that opens the door to innovation across a wide variety of industries, from fashion and clothing to health […]

If you’ve never shivered at the sound of someone coughing, chances are you’ve never experienced the weight of a respiratory infection. For someone living with SMA, that’s not usually the case. Getting these infections can be dangerous and life-threatening for us, even if they’re simply common colds. In fact, I’ve had many common colds that […]

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), also known as feline coronavirus, started spreading through Cyprus in January.  This deadly virus is a recombination of a feline coronavirus and a canine coronavirus and is called F-CoV-23. Professor Danielle Gunn-Moore from Edinburgh University has spent more than two decades researching the illness and, speaking to Sky News, described the virus as “particularly […]

Have you gotten the dreaded phone call yet from school or daycare to come pick up your sick child? Flu cases are beginning to climb this fall, and in Florida the virus has hit children the hardest. Aches. Cough. Runny nose. They are all symptoms of this year’s circulating bugs. So far this fall, most […]

About The Study: Among outpatient adults with mild to moderate COVID-19, treatment with fluvoxamine 100 mg twice daily for 13 days, compared with placebo, did not improve time to sustained recovery in this randomized clinical trial of 1,175 participants. Authors: Susanna Naggie, M.D., M.H.S., of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, […]

One of Australia’s top doctors has issued a brutal message to those still wearing face masks – and hit out calls from the Australian Medical Association to bring back Covid masks. Australia reported 6,550 new Covid cases last week. This surge has led health officials, including AMA Queensland president Maria Boulton, to advocate for the […]

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If you’ve noticed an uptick in colds, flu and COVID-19 — among children in particular — you’re not alone. The medical director at Health Sciences Centre Children’s Hospital emergency department in Winnipeg says there’s an increase in cases of respiratory illnesses in kids showing up in the ER. “Rhinovirus, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], influenza — all the […]

What does “RR” stand for? In the context of hospital monitoring, “RR” stands for “Respiratory Rate.” The respiratory rate is a measure of how many breaths a person takes per minute. It is an essential vital sign that provides crucial insights into a patient’s breathing pattern and overall respiratory health. Monitoring the respiratory rate allows […]

In our modern world, pollution has become an unwelcome companion in our daily lives, posing constant challenges to our bodies as they combat the detrimental effects of environmental pollutants. While commonplace protective measures like masks and air purifiers are employed, an often-overlooked yet effective line of defense lies in our dietary choices. The founder of […]

Nearly two years after the death of a 27-year-old woman working in a cannabis production facility in Massachusetts, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released a report detailing the findings of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection. The five-page report, dated Nov. 17, […]

Activation breathwork retreat participants seek psychedelic experience without taking a drug – CBS News Watch CBS News For part three of our series “Psychedelic Renaissance,” CBS News contributor Lisa Ling traveled to Sedona, Arizona, to learn about activation breathwork, and decided to try it for herself. Participants say the breathing method can lead to a […]

COVID-19 hospital admissions are starting to kick up in California just as the height of the holiday season is about to kick in. More people getting infected also means a potential rise in long COVID cases. New research pinpoints who is more likely to get these lingering symptoms. For one in every five people who […]

The dreaded seasonal cold always makes a return, unfortunately, but how do you know it isn’t something else? Last month Covid-19 hospitalisations increased by 24 per cent in one week in the UK as the new variant Pirola swept across the UK. With that in mind, it’s important to know the difference between Covid, the cold, or […]