Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 30th, 2005
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Bronchiolitis - Variation in diagnosis and management characterized
Lung Cancer - Diagnostic potential of promoter hypermethylation of CpG islands weighed
Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Claustrophobic patients have reduced adherence to CPAP treatment
Pulmonary Medicine - Amino acids make aerosolized gene delivery more robust
Pulmonary Medicine - Differential diagnosis of obstructive lung disease reviewed
Abdominal Cancer - Internal and externals markers correlated with abdominal tumor motion
Adenocarcinoma - Secondhand smoke induces adenocarcinoma via p16//DAPK/RASSFIA gene inactivation
Allergy Medicine - Food allergen sensitization may increase the severity of asthma in children
Allergy Medicine - Recent findings in allergy medicine described
Asthma - Researchers consider possible mechanistic links between obesity and asthma
Asthma - Treatment during pregnancy is safe for mother and fetus
Asthma Pathogenesis - Transfer of T-helper cell clones attenuates asthmatic phenotype
Awards - Resuscitation device company wins fourth straight Omega NorthFace award
Bacteriology - Study supports recommendation for prescribing cephalosporin antibiotics
Business & Finance - Sales of near $2.8 billion forecast for COPD therapies in 2013
Cardiology - Reoxygenation examined, effect in hypoxic newborn pigs clarified
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Spirometry use in United Kingdom characterized
Cystic Fibrosis - Company receives orphan drug designation for cystic fibrosis treatment
Disease Associations - Legionella pneumophila antigens studied, macrophage processing clarified
Disease Associations - Stachybotrys chartarum examined, lung inflammatory responses clarified
Drug Development - Results of DB289 formulation trial released
Emphysema - Animal model of autoimmune emphysema presented
Endocrinology - Lung transfer factor for CO doesn't alter with menstrual cycle phase
Environmental Health - Ambient air pollution-specific effects on pregnancy outcomes hard to pin down
Environmental Health - Simple questions may determine children's exposure to smoke
Esophageal Cancer - Heavy exposure to free silica dust linked to esophageal cancer
Finance - Pharmaceutical company reports first quarter financial results
Influenza - Maternal influenza infection analyzed, effect on fetal brain clarified
Influenza Outbreak - Prison outbreak from influenza A/Fujian/411/2002(H3N2)-like virus
Influenza Virus - Reappearance of influenza B/Victoria/2/87-lineage viruses reported
Lung Cancer - Cost-effectiveness of FDG-PET in lung cancer diagnostics analyzed
Lung Cancer - Different techniques used for urinary protein analysis of lung cancer patients
Lung Cancer - Expression of TARSH gene in MEFs senescence implicated in human lung cancer
Lung Cancer - Familial aggregation of lung cancer in a high-incidence area in China studied
Lung Cancer - Increased levels of urokinase plasminogen activator implicated in lung cancer
Lung Cancer - KLK5 and KLK7 differentially expressed in lung cancer
Lung Cancer - Link between lung cancer and radon in small areas across Scotland examined
Lung Cancer - New therapeutic approaches for early stage non-small cell lung cancer discovered
Lung Cancer - P73 dinucleotide polymorphism associated with a reduced lung cancer risk
Lung Cancer - Recent findings in lung cancer described
Lung Cancer - Sleeve resection resulted in higher locoregional recurrence of lung cancer
Mesotheliomas - Hyaluronan synthase expression marked pleural malignant mesotheliomas
Occupational Health - Respiratory morbidity in workers in water-damaged building reported
Occupational Risk - Risk for occupational cancer in Italy assessed
Oncology - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of oncology
Pediatric Diagnostics - Yield of tests in infants after apparent life-threatening event clarified
Pertussis - Boarding school outbreak of pertussis in adolescents reported
Pertussis - FDA approves Boostrix, a new U.S. vaccine for adolescents against pertussis
Pulmonary Fibrosis - Angiotensin II antagonism has limited efficacy in mice
Pulmonary Medicine - New findings in the area of pulmonary medicine described
Pulmonary Medicine - PEI-plasmid DNA complexes stimulate minimal proinflammatory response
Pulmonary Medicine - Pulmonary vasoconstriction studied, postnatal kinase shift described
Respiratory Diseases - Asthma experts call for increased efforts to address unmet needs
Respiratory Distress - Preterm respiratory distress syndrome studied, comparison trial reported
Rhodococcus Equi - Rhodococcus equi brain abscess diagnosed in patient without HIV
Sleep Apnea - Massachusetts sleep center network adds clinic
Smoking Cessation - Nurses receive new tool to help patients quit smoking
Streptococcus Vaccine - Streptococcus gordonii strain shows promise as vaccine
Surgical Technology - Continuous CO2 monitoring during upper endoscopy procedures available
Tuberculosis - Company awarded European Commission grant for tuberculosis research
Tuberculosis Vaccine - Successful TB vaccines need to be immunoregulatory rather than Th1-boosting
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