Vaping Marijuana Causes More Lung Damage Than Vaping or Smoking Nicotine
Adolescents who vape cannabis are at greater risk for respiratory symptoms indicative of lung injury than teens who smoke cigarettes or marijuana, or vape nicotine,…
Lungs
Novel Molecules Discovered to Combat Asthma and COVID-Related Lung Diseases
Australian researchers reveal new molecules that provide profound protection in asthma models — as well as reducing severity of asthma attacks. A study designed to…
Most Lungs Recover Well After COVID-19 – According to Extensive Health Assessment 3 Months After Recovery
Lung tissue of patients who suffered severely from COVID-19 shows good recovery in most cases. This was revealed by a study carried out by the…
Boosting a Natural Cellular Process to Protect Lungs From Ventilator-Induced Injury
Research Suggests Boosting a Natural Cellular Process Could Reduce Damage An unfortunate truth about the use of mechanical ventilation to save the lives of patients…
New Research May Explain Severe Virus Attacks on the Lungs, Contribute to Future Treatments for COVID-19
In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden…
Pneumolysis: High Altitude Specialists Explain COVID-19 Lung Destruction
The article by Dr. Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja and colleagues in published as open access in Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, 2020. The current COVID-19 pandemic…
Existing FDA Approved Drug Shown to Prevent Lung Damage in COVID Patients
In what has the potential to significantly change how Corona patients are being treated and the severity of the disease, research spearheaded at Jerusalem’s Hebrew…
Researchers Discover How the COVID-19 Virus Hijacks and Rapidly Damages Human Lung Cells
Researchers identify clinically approved medications that can be re-purposed for COVID-19 treatment. In a multi-group collaborative involving the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL), the…
Investigations of Deceased COVID-19 Patients Reveal Lung Damage Caused by Persistence of “Abnormal Cells”
Investigations of deceased COVID-19 patients have shed light on possible lung damage caused by the virus. The study, published today (November 3, 2020) in The…
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Revealed in “Mini-Lungs” Shows How COVID-19 Damages the Lungs
‘Mini-lungs’ grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a team of scientists from South Korea and the UK with important insights into how…
Lung Ultrasound Reveals Duration and Severity of COVID-19
Thickened pleural line more frequently observed in patients with longer time intervals after symptom onset; pulmonary consolidation more common in severe and critical cases. According…
First Comprehensive Analysis of Vaping Lung Injury (EVALI) Provides Important Insight
A new study published today (January 24, 2020) in the journal Toxics provides important insight into the recent lung intoxication epidemic referred to as “e-cigarette or…
Air Pollution As Bad As a Pack a Day of Cigarettes in Accelerating Lung Disease
Air pollution — especially ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change — accelerates the progression of emphysema of the lung, according to a…
Brown Researchers Reveal Inhibitor for COPD Lung Destruction
A newly published study reveals that cigarette smoke reduces expression of the protein NLRX1 in the lung, taking the restraints off a destructive immune response…
Nanomaterials Found in Everyday Products Can Cause Lung Inflammation and Damage
A new study, which examined the health effects of engineering nanomaterials in a mouse model, reveals that breathing ultrafine particles from nanomaterials found in household…
4D Imaging of Breathing Lungs
A new 4D dynamic functional lung imaging method developed by engineers at Monash University will allow health professionals a chance to study breathing lungs in…
Smoking Marijuana Less Damaging to Lungs Than Cigarettes
Given that tobacco smokers on average smoke 30 cigarettes per day, it is no surprise that pot smokers would experience less lung damage than cigarette…