Benefits from upper airway surgery for sleep apnea found to equal CPAP
Alexandria, VA - Adults who struggle with CPAP treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be considered candidates for reconstructive surgery on the upper airway, because it holds the same quality-of-life (QOL) benefits but with more permanence. This thesis is in new research published in ...MDCT: Non-invasive alternative to bronchoscopy in patients with airway stent complications
Multidetector CT (MDCT) scans are highly accurate in detecting airway stent complications according to a recent study performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. MDCT correctly identified 29 (97%) of 30 complications in 21 patients, including all...Smokers see decline in ability to smell, rise in laryngitis, and upper airway issues
Alexandria, VA - As Americans prepare for a day without cigarettes and tobacco products as part of the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout (R) (November 21), new research gives them more reasons to extend that break to a lifetime, according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Hea...New study in JCSM finds that obesity can predict upper airway obstruction amongst children
WESTCHESTER, Ill. In Australian children who snore, obesity, not age, is a significant, but only weak, predictor of upper airway obstruction during sleep, according to a study published in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM). The study, authored by Mark Kohler a...Researchers at Pulmonary Associates to study airway bypass procedure for severe emphysema
Phoenix, AZ, February 11, 2008 Researchers at Pulmonary Associates today announced the start of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial, an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore an investigational treatment that may offer a new, minimally invasive option for those suff...New York Methodist Hospital to study airway bypass treatment for emphysema
Brooklyn, NY, February 4, 2007 -- New York Methodist Hospital today announced the start of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial, an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore an investigational treatment that may offer a significant new, minimally-invasive option for thos...CareFirst BCBS Covers eNO Measurement for Diagnosis, Asthma Treatment
...ide, a well established indicator of asthma severity and steroid responsive airway inflammation. Measuring eNO and determining the level of airway inflammation can help clinicians more closely manage their patients' inflam...Pharmaxis Announces Positive Results of Phase 3 Cystic Fibrosis Trial
...the European Medicines Agency. Bronchitol is designed to hydrate the airway surface of the lungs, and promote normal lung mucus clearance. No new prod...lial membrane within cells. In the lungs, this leads to a depletion of the airway surface liquid that normally bathes the cilia, and a resultant reduction in...Genetic Source of Rare Childhood Cancer Found; Gene is Implicated in Other Cancers
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... This article is about the sleep apnea treatment. For the drug, see paracetamol . Automatic Positive airway Pressure abbreviated APAP , is the most advanced form of treatment for sleep apnea . An APAP machine incorporates pressure sensors and a computer w...Lung airway cells activate vitamin D and increase immune response
Vitamin D is essential to good health but needs to be activated to function properly in the human body. Until recently, this activation was thought to happen primarily in the kidneys, but a new University of Iowa study finds that the activation step can also occur in lung airway cells. The stud...Franklin Square to study airway bypass procedure for severe emphysema
October 27, 2008 (Baltimore, MD)Franklin Square Hospital Center announces the start of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial to explore an investigational treatment for advanced widespread emphysema/COPD. The trial focuses on airway bypass, a bronchoscopic procedure designed to reduc...Researchers at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System to study airway bypass treatment for emphysema
Sarasota FL., December 17, 2007 Researchers at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System today announced the start of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial, an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore an investigational treatment that may offer a significant new, minimally-...Positive results for airway bypass
Mountain View, CA, October 9, 2007 - Broncus Technologies, Inc., a medical device company investigating the airway bypass procedure for the treatment of emphysema, today announced that the results of its open-label Exhale Drug-Eluting Stent feasibility study have been published in the October issu...Scientists discover basic defect in cystic fibrosis airway glands
Scientists at Stanford University have determined that the buildup of sticky mucus found in cystic fibrosis is caused by a loss in the epithelial cell's ability to secrete fluid. This research appears as the "Paper of the Week" in the March 17 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, an Ameri...Airway cells use 'tasting' mechanism to detect and clear harmful substances
...nous foods may also play a role in protecting your airway from harmful substances, according to a study by s... tongue also are found in hair-like protrusions on airway cells. In addition, the scientists showed that, unlike taste cells on the tongue, these airway cells do not need help from the nervous system to ...Drug Reduces Airway Mucus in Preclinical Asthma Model
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...ed illnesses SAN CARLOS, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- SleepQuest, a California-based provider of in-home sleep testing and Continuous Positive airway Pressure (CPAP) treatment, recently signed a contract with Aetna, one of the nation's largest healthcare benefit providers. As a national contract pro...Phase 3 Cystic Fibrosis Trial Results Presented at European Conference
... (Bronchitol 4.5% versus 5.9%). -- At screening 7% of patients were ineligible to participate due to suspected undiagnosed hyperreactive airway disease. -- Overall infections were lower in the Bronchitol group (39% versus 47.5%). -- There was no difference in microbial growth fo...