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Killer lung infection that lurks in your compost

September 19, 2020 compost, in, Infection, killer, lung, lurks, that, your

Killer lung infection that lurks in your compost… and why you should change your pillow every six months Invasive aspergillosis

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Bronchitis as a child predicts worse lung health in middle age

September 4, 2020 A, age, As, Bronchitis, Child, health, in, lung, Middle, Predicts, Worse

People who had bronchitis at least once before the age of seven are more likely to develop lung problems in

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Driving immunometabolism to control lung infection

July 23, 2020 Control, driving, immunometabolism, Infection, lung, to

When drugs to kill microbes are ineffective, host-directed therapy uses the body’s own immune system to deal with the infection.

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Physicians give first comprehensive review of COVID-19’s effects outside the lung

July 11, 2020 comprehensive, COVID-19's, effects, First, give, lung, of, outside, Physicians, Review:, the

After only a few days caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at the start of the outbreak in New York

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Lung injury in COVID-19 is not high altitude pulmonary edema

April 20, 2020 (COVID-19), altitude, edema, high, in, injury, is, lung, not, pulmonary

A group of researchers with experience in treating high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) have written to correct the misconception in

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Researchers describe unique genetic identity of primordial lung progenitors

January 31, 2020 describe, Genetic, identity, lung, of, primordial, progenitors, Researchers, unique

For the first time, researchers describe the genetic program behind primordial lung progenitors—embryonic cells that give rise to all the

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Health Problems

Cancer mortality continues steady decline, driven by progress against lung cancer

January 8, 2020 against, By, cancer, continues, decline, driven, lung, Mortality, progress, steady

The cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the

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Health Problems

Standard of care chemoradiation for stage III non-small cell lung cancer is superior to two tested alternatives

December 17, 2019 alternatives, cancer, care, cell, chemoradiation, for, III, is, lung, non-small, of, Stage, standard, Superior, tested, to, two

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and approximately 75-80 percent of all cases

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Health Problems

Inadequacies in current early-stage lung cancer treatment revealed

November 27, 2019 cancer, current, early-stage, in, Inadequacies, lung, revealed, treatment

Researchers from Tohoku University and Tohoku University Hospital have revealed why some existing cancer treatments are ineffective in tackling the

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This 'diamond gap' fingernail test could show an early sign of lung cancer

November 26, 2019 'diamond, an, cancer, Could, early, fingernail, Gap, lung, of, show, sign, test, This

When you press your nails together, do you see a tiny diamond-shaped window of light? The test is used to

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