Respiratory specialist nurse Maria Eurton discusses case examples to explain how to approach common diagnostic challenges in adult asthma ...

Exposure to fragments of microbes can program lung fibroblasts with a lasting epigenetic memory that blocks allergic inflammation. The findings suggest early microbial signals may prevent asthma, ...

A study conducted by scientists from the Institut Pasteur has revealed that microbes protect the lungs from subsequently developing allergies and asthma. This long-term protection is "memorized" not ...

A study conducted by scientists from the Pasteur Institute reveals that microbes protect the lung against the later development of allergies and asthma. This long-lasting protection is ...

Exposure to more germs may backfire for adult asthma sufferers In A Nutshell A new mouse study from Cornell University found that adult mice exposed to a wide variety of microbes developed more severe ...

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing ...

Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco used a naturally occurring carbon isotope and exhaled CO(2) to catch bacterial infections. MEMPHIS, ...

NIOSH is offering free screenings to help coal miners identify black lung disease early and track respiratory health impacts from coal mine dust exposure. Federal safety officials are encouraging coal ...

Recurrent infections reflect an interaction between airway inflammation, structural lung abnormalities, microbial colonisation, and systemic host factors ...

Great. Thank you for coming, everybody. I'm James Gordon, Barclays European pharma and biotech analyst. And today, I've got the pleasure of hosting a fireside with GSK. So we're going to hear from GSK ...