Heat Waves Could Worsen COPD Symptoms, Study Suggests
2014-05-18
Finding is troubling given predictions of rising temperatures due to climate changeContinue Reading
Vitamin D Supplements May Not Help Ease Asthma
2014-05-18
Study did suggest the nutrient might help lower patients’ dependence on inhaled steroidsContinue Reading
2 Drugs Offer Hope for Fatal Lung Disease
2014-05-18
Doctors have had little to offer patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisContinue Reading
Third U.S. Man Tests Positive for MERS Virus, CDC Reports
2014-05-17
He was business associate of health care worker diagnosed with the first U.S. case, but shows no signs of illnessContinue Reading
Study Probes Link Between Early Antibiotic Use, Asthma
2014-05-15
Infants given these meds may have both poor immunity and genetic risk for asthma, findings suggestContinue Reading
MERS Not Yet a Public Health Emergency: WHO
2014-05-14
U.N. agency says the virus, concentrated in the Middle East, doesn’t seem to spread easily among peopleContinue Reading
2 Florida Hospital Workers Who Treated MERS Patient Fall Ill
2014-05-13
Testing for the potentially fatal respiratory infection is underway, officials sayContinue Reading
2nd MERS Case Identified in U.S.
2014-05-12
Like first patient, this patient had been health care worker in Saudi Arabia, epicenter of outbreakContinue Reading
Climate Change Will Make Breathing in Summer Harder: Study
2014-05-08
As weather warms, some areas in U.S. will have many high ozone daysContinue Reading
Asthma Linked to Bone Loss in Study
2014-05-07
Reason for connection isn’t clear, experts sayContinue Reading
E-Cigarette Vapor Contains Potentially Harmful Particles: Review
2014-05-07
Raises concerns about safety of e-cig chemicals, but industry representative says they’re safeContinue Reading
Sleep Apnea Linked to Raised Risk of Death in Pregnancy
2014-05-06
Study found an association but didn’t prove the nighttime breathing disorder caused the higher riskContinue Reading
1st U.S. MERS Patient May Be Released From Hospital Soon
2014-05-05
He had recently been in Saudi Arabia, epicenter of outbreak that has sickened 400 people and killed more than 100Continue Reading
1st U.S. MERS Patient Improving, Officials Say
2014-05-04
He had recently been in Saudi Arabia, epicenter of outbreak that has sickened 400 people and killed 93Continue Reading