A household remedy millennia old is being reinstated: honey helps the treatment of some wounds better than the most modern antibiotics. For several years now medical experts from the University of Bonn have been clocking up largely positive experience with what is known as medihoney. Even chronic wounds infected with multi-resistant bacteria often healed within a few weeks. [click link for full article]
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New research shows that a chemical compound found in many air fresheners, toilet bowl cleaners, mothballs and other deodorizing products, may be harmful to the lungs. Human population studies at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a part of the National Institutes of Health, found that exposure to a volatile organic compound (VOC), called 1,4 dichlorobenzene (1,4 DCB) may cause modest reductions in lung function. [click link for full article]
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Severe lung inflammation, which can cause acute lung injury in cases of sepsis and infection, is associated with the accumulation in the lung and surrounding blood vessels of fluid, cells, and cellular debris. The deposition of inflammatory exudates spreads rapidly and can soon involve the entire lung or both lungs. The mechanisms underlying the spread of inflammation across the vast vascular network in the lung has remained unexplained, until now. [click link for full article]
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Delivering nitric oxide to the lungs of premature, very-low-birth-weight infants during their second week of life improves their chances of surviving without chronic lung disease, according to a national study of nearly 600 babies. For thousands of infants born prematurely each year in the United States, the treatment may help them to breathe easier--and shorten their hospital stay. [click link for full article]
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Ventilation therapy burst into the public consciousness more than 60 years ago with the "iron lung" and the polio epidemic. Mechanical ventilation has come a long way since then and is used today with patients who cannot breathe on their own because of trauma, lung injuries and chronic lung disease.But ventilation demands a delicate balance between over inflating and under inflating the lungs, either of which can lead to further injury. [click link for full article]
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Delivering nitric oxide to thelungs of premature, very-low-birth-weight infants during their second weekof life improves their chances of surviving without chronic lung disease,according to a national study of nearly 600 babies. For thousands ofinfants born prematurely each year in the United States, the treatment mayhelp them to breathe easier - and shorten their hospital stay. [click link for full article]
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced it has submitted applications for both U.S. and European marketing approval for a new medicine to treat thesymptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) and perennial allergicrhinitis (PAR). The medicine (fluticasone furoate) is an enhanced affinityintranasal corticosteroid with the proposed name of ALLERMIST in the U.S.and AVAMYS in Europe. [click link for full article]
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The American Lung Associationannounced today it will collaborate on a new, far-reaching influenza publicawareness initiative with sanofi pasteur, the nation's leading influenzavaccine manufacturer. [click link for full article]
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No wonder glucosamine andchondroitin products are top-selling dietary supplements. This popularcombination supplement offers exactly what modern nutrition should -- asafe and natural way to promote joint health* rather than a short-termsolution to mask the emanating discomfort often associated with overworkedjoints. However, not all glucosamine and chondroitin products are createdequal. [click link for full article]
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Chris Laing, Sally Hamour (Whittington Hospital, London, UK), and colleagues describe the diagnosis and treatment of a 30 year-old Chinese man who was referred to their kidney clinic in July 2003 after passing blood in his urine. The patient had been taking the Chinese herb Longdan Xieganwan to 'enhance' his liver for at least 5 years. The doctors found that the patient had a bladder tumour, which they surgically removed. [click link for full article]
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