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New First Look at the Tiniest Babies’ Lungs
Researchers who recorded the most detailed images ever made of newborns’ lungs as they took their...
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Wildfire Smoke Is Especially Toxic to Lungs, Study Shows
Fine particles in wildfire smoke pose a far greater threat to the lungs than similar particles...
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Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners Prompts FDA Warning
You might decide your frizzy locks aren’t so bad after all, given a new warning from...
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Face Masks Won’t Impede Your Breathing, Study Confirms
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Even for Preschoolers, Healthier Hearts May Mean Healthier Brains
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Even Low Levels of Air Pollution Harm Heart, Lungs
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- Posted February 22, 2021
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Pandemic Has People Cleaning, and That Means More Asthma Attacks
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- Posted February 16, 2021
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Advances in Treatments Against Severe COVID-19 May Have Stalled
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- Posted February 2, 2021
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Another Deadly Disease for Smokers: Pulmonary Fibrosis
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- Posted January 29, 2021
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Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
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- Posted January 25, 2021
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Immune System May ‘Remember’ Infections From Previous Coronaviruses
Previous coronavirus infections might prime the immune system to fight the new coronavirus that...
- Posted January 22, 2021
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New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue
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Are You Living with Psoriasis?
A growing knowledge of the skin disease called psoriasis is leading to greater treatment choices, including personalized therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports.
Psoriasis is an immune system disorder that causes overproduction of skin cells, resulting in scaling, pain, swelling, redness and heat. The condition affects about 7.5 million Americans.
“As we better understand the disease, researchers know more about what specific factors to target in order to develop effective treatments,” FDA dermatologist Dr. Melinda McCord said in an agency news release.
There is no cure for psoriasis, so the main goals of treatments are to stop skin cell overproduction and reduce inflammation. Current therapies include medicines applied to the skin (topical), light treatment (phototherapy), or drugs taken by mouth or given by injection.
Doctors used to take a step-by-step approach, starting patients with mild to moderate psoriasis on topical therapy. If that was ineffective, doctors moved on to phototherapy or drug treatment.