Respiratory Therapeutics Week

Pediatric Asthma - Study suggests spacers have advantages over nebulizers for childhood asthma

Respiratory Medicine - Early occupational exposure can affect lungs later

Respiratory Medicine - Nighttime breathing mask also decreases blood pressure in people with sleep apnea

Aspergillosis Diagnostics - MDVI measures therapeutic response to antifungal therapy in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Asthma Diagnostics - Asthma and COPD diagnoses may not be improved by GPs performing office spirometry

Asthma Therapy - Asthma patients can be effectively and safely treated with high-dose budesonide/formoterol

Business Update - BioProgress announces the OTC launch of sore throat treatment, Collunovar for Dexo France

Cancer Gene Therapy - Endostatin gene therapy and radiation significantly affect cells and cytokines

Cancer Gene Therapy - Prostate-specific membrane antigen tumor targeting is efficiently achieved

Chest Wall Tumors - Unusual case of grass inflorescence aspiration presented as chest wall tumor

Diabetes & Tuberculosis - Diabetes is a risk factor for tuberculosis

Drug Development - Alexion Pharmaceuticals' antibody therapy shown effective in model for allergic asthma

Drug Development - Alfacell launches program to explore potential of Onconase to prevent mesothelioma

Environmental Health - Air pollution increases death risk for patients with chronic diseases

HIV/Tuberculosis Prevention - Treatment of HIV infection can prevent tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons

Healthcare Costs - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will cost U.S. $800+ billion over the next 20 years

Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B virus post-transplantation replication is suppressed by lamivudine

Legionella Treatment - Quinolones may be superior to macrolides for treating legionella infection

Lewis Lung Cancer - Muscle mass in mice with Lewis lung carcinoma preserved with conjugated linoleic acid

Licensing Agreements - Abbott enters deal with Advanced Life Science Institute to develop lung cancer test

Lung Cancer - Diagnostic agreement in evaluation of lung cancer tissue complicates epidemiology studies

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer apoptosis induced by OSU03013 via the mitochondrial pathway

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer associated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha polymorphisms

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer cell death induced by chloroquine diphosphate

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer survival prognosticated by bone marrow hypermetabolism

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer was heralded by inflammatory sternal metastasis

Lung Cancer - Lung fiber burden in lung cancer patients employed in the rock and slag wool industry analyzed

Lung Cancer - Lung resection is performed in many patients with benign disease

Lung Cancer - Non-small cell lung cancer risk heightened in carriers of TP53 gene mutations

Lung Cancer - Phase II study dose recommendations for 3-day topotecan and cisplatin in lung cancer listed

Lung Cancer - Trial of lung cancer treatment with tri-weekly paclitaxel combined with carboplatin warranted

Medical Devices - The EasyOne ultrasonic spirometer maintains calibration during routine use

Melioidosis Outbreaks - Extreme weather events associated with melioidosis case-clusters in Australia