Pulmonology Medical Library Stories & Articles

There is a warning tonight about people who use acid blocking medicines. They are at risk for getting pneumonia. More than a quarter of the population gets symptoms such as heartburn. Many are on acid reducing medicines. But because they block... ( Read more about Acid Blockers and Pneumonia)

It might still seem a bit early, but now is the time for the millions of Americans who suffer from spring and summer allergies to be going on the offensive against their pollen problem. It depends on what you're allergic to, but when the... ( Read more about Ahead of Allergies)

It's widely known that smoking is bad for your heart and blood vessels in general. But the latest research shows it's not just tobacco smoke that can damage the cardiovascular system. Now, new research in the February issue of Environmental... ( Read more about Air Pollution and Heart Disease)

We're deep in the middle of the summer travel season, and with the latest fare wars, the skies are filled with folks looking to get away. But what, if any, are the risks of air travel for those with cardiovascular disease, such as a history of... ( Read more about Air Travel Recommendations)

Even though many don’t want to talk about it, depression is a very common problem---major depression affects 20% of American women at some point in their lives. So when a woman becomes pregnant, is it safe to take an antidepressant? The answer... ( Read more about Anti-Depressants and Pregnancy)

As a pediatrician and mother of three children who battle asthma, Donna Backus is all too familiar with the anxiety parents of asthmatic children face at the start of the school year. “Juggling my career with being a mother of asthmatic... ( Read more about Back-to-School: Asthma Tips)

A natural chemical found in broccoli and related cruciferous vegetables appears to help prevent the respiratory inflammation associated with disorders like asthma, allergic rhinitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a recent study has... ( Read more about Broccoli Chemical Seems to Prevent Respiratory Inflammation)

What is Bronchitis?

Bronchitis is the inflammation of the air passages within the lungs. These tubes bring air from the windpipe to the tiny air sacs where the transfer of oxygen... ( Read more about Bronchitis: Causes and Treatments)

How safe is a popular pediatric vaccine? New research shows that the side effects of Prevnar, a vaccine which attacks a common bacterium, may be reason for concern.

For children with asthma, everyday activities like playing sports become potentially dangerous. Rebecca Brown may look like your average active 12 year old, but as a child with asthma, she knows how difficult the condition is to live with. “You... ( Read more about Children, Asthma and Sports)

Croup is one of the most common and potentially serious viral respiratory infections in kids. It’s typically treated with humidified air to sooth the airways. But does that treatment really work? In kids, croup is the most common cause of... ( Read more about Croup Treatment Failure)

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When you sit down to watch the Superbowl this weekend, consider this- many of the young, strong, healthy players on the field are living with a potentially dangerous breathing condition called sleep apnea. The truly worrying fact is that most... ( Read more about Football Players Sleep Apnea)

A new study shows stomach stapling surgery may reduce one’s risk of heart disease. Mayo clinic researchers were surprised by the findings. The estimated 10-year risk for death or cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack, in the surgical... ( Read more about Health Wrap - Obesity Surgery, Asthma and Energy Drinks)

A person's liking for salty taste may be related to how much they weighed when they were born. In a paper looking at two month old babies, lighter birth weight infants showed greater acceptance of salt-water solutions than do babies who were... ( Read more about Health Wrap - Salty Foods; Nuts; Sleep)

According to a new national survey, married women are more likely to have sexual difficulties than either single women or married men. Women were significantly more likely than men to say that they had experienced a short or longer term problem... ( Read more about Health Wrap Up)

Sleep apnea tests are now easier to do. Sleep apnea is a condition where the person stops breathing perhaps hundreds of times a night. Sleep apnea is associated with daytime exhaustion and even occasional deaths. The problem can cause snoring... ( Read more about Home Sleep Apnea Test)

“You just want to crawl under the bed and try to get some sleep, you feel exhausted, you can’t see because your eyes are blurry, you can’t breathe, you just wonder, can I go on living like this?” says allergy sufferer, James Cahill. James... ( Read more about Impact on Allergies)

So, what do you do when you can’t fall asleep? Count sheep? Just lay there? Toss and turn and throw the pillow? Now true, these are all approaches that don’t involve medicine, but they are unfortunately all the wrong things to do! In fact, they... ( Read more about Insomnia Study)

If you smoke, or are a former smoker, there is an extremely important new study out which shows how you can protect yourself from developing advanced lung cancer. More Americans die each year from lung cancer, than from breast, prostate, and... ( Read more about Lung Cancer Screening Test)

There is new hope for patients diagnosed with lung cancer but with too much lung disease to go through surgery to get their cancer removed. Radioactive seeds deliver concentrated doses of radiation treatment to the specific areas affected by... ( Read more about Lung Cancer Seed Treatment)

There are several important advances in lung cancer research being reported out of ASCO, the major cancer conference in New Orleans. The studies find that not only are lung cancer survival rates improving, but that there are now several new,... ( Read more about Lung Cancer Studies)

People suffering from paralysis due to stroke or traumatic brain injury may be able to reprogram their brains to improve motor skills and to control artificial limbs. With a stroke, when nerve cells are damaged, other nerve cells take over for... ( Read more about Lung Cancer Treatment, Stroke Retraining, Whole Body CAT Scan)

What is Lung Cancer?

Lung Cancer is the uncontrollable growth of cells within the tissue of the lungs. It can be identified by a chest x-ray or a ct-scan. The diagnosis is... ( Read more about Lung Cancer: Causes and Treatments)

Circadian rhythms, the body's biological processes that repeat in 24-hour cycles, may have a significant effect on a person's lung function according to the latest research. As human beings, we're in synch with our world- our body clocks linked... ( Read more about Lung Circadian Rhythm)

Tarceva, a new lung cancer drug that is still under tests, is proving to be effective at combating the growth of cancer cells. John and Daythel Torian have been married for nearly 50 years. They've shared the joys of being parents and... ( Read more about New Lung Cancer Drug)

For a pregnant woman, perhaps the city is not the best place to be. A new National Institutes of Health study shows the polluted air in the inner city is definitely affecting unborn babies, causing DNA damage while they are still in the womb.... ( Read more about New Research on Air Pollution and Unborn Babies)

U.S. government data shows approximately 75% of women daily smokers are interested in quitting, and of these nearly 47% attempted to quit during the previous year. Unfortunately, among those who do quit, only 7% are still tobacco-free one year... ( Read more about Nicotine Patch Study)

Have you ever wondered exactly what the significance of ozone alert days are? Yale University researchers have uncovered a startling fact i.e. that more people will die on ozone alert days because of pollutants.

If you are a healthy individual and you get pneumonia, should you be admitted to the hospital for safety's sake? Or is it ok to be sent home with antibiotics? 4 million Americans get a routine pneumonia each year, so it's a pertinent question.... ( Read more about Pneumonia Treatment)

What is Pneumonia?

Pneumonia today is still the sixth largest killer in the United States. Pneumonia is the general inflammation of the lungs. This results in mucus and liquids... ( Read more about Pneumonia: Causes and Treatments)

Pope John Paul II had difficulty breathing last evening. Part of the reason was, he has the flu. But he had another condition called laryngospasm, which is a spasm of the larynx. The larynx is the part of the windpipe that includes the voice... ( Read more about Pope Health)

Pope John Paul II is again breathing on his own following surgery to ease a breathing crisis that caused him to be rushed yesterday to a hospital in Rome. Doctors and spokespersons give what amounts to be positive news about the pope. But the... ( Read more about Pope Latest 022505)

More than a third of the patients who participated in an eight-week kick-the-habit program that started before a scheduled surgery and continued after were able to stop smoking – and were still tobacco-free a year later, according to a... ( Read more about Pre-Surgery Smoking-Cessation Program Successful)

A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how... ( Read more about Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems)

Not feeling energized these days? Well, maybe a new device that administers extra enriched oxygen could help get rid of your sluggishness.

Andre mark found himself in good company when his wife informed him he was snoring-- a lot--and he was diagnosed with sleep apnea. About 4-percent of middle-aged men suffer from obstructive sleep apnea--a blockage of their airway…that literally... ( Read more about Sleep Apnea and Cardiohealth)

If you smoke or know someone who smokes, which is just about all of us, you know how difficult it is to quit smoking. But what about cutting back, reducing the number of cigarettes one smokes each day as a first step towards quitting smoking?... ( Read more about Smoking Cut Back)

Could there finally be a cure for snoring? New data out of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat surgeons) shows a simple implanted device can have significant impact on the lives of people with... ( Read more about Snoring Relief)

    Smoking erases the health benefits normally conferred by being well-to-do or female, a recent study has found. The findings, which were published online in the British Medical Journal, revealed that even the poorest... ( Read more about Social Class No Shield Against Smoking's Toxicity)

Have you noticed the cost of cigarettes is continuing to go up? That’s good news, and worthy of a good grade, according to the American Lung Association. Today, it released its annual state of tobacco report. It grades states and the federal... ( Read more about State of Tobacco Report)

If you have a few extra pounds, could that extra fat on you one day save your life? New research suggests it could help the recovery after a heart attack. It has to do with the benefits of stem cell research. Stem cells are the so-called master... ( Read more about Stem Cells for Heart Attack)

What is the Asbestos?

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that is used for many purposes. Historically it has been used for many different things. Asbestos mainly was used... ( Read more about Understanding Asbestosis | Symptoms, Causes, Treatments)

What is Cardiac Catheterization?

Cardiac Catheterization is a specialized heart test used to visualize the blood vessels around the heart and measure the... ( Read more about Understanding Cardiac Catheterization)

Smoking is one of the very strong risk factors for developing vascular disease. We have seen very young people who smoke develop vascular disease. Normally as our arteries become blocked, it is a part of aging. Most of the patients with... ( Read more about What Is The Impact of Smoking on Vascular Disease?)

By Dr. Chitti Moorthy -Director, Departments of Radiation Medicine and Radiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla , NY The cause of cancer lies deep within the building blocks of a person's cells (genes and DNA). If these blocks become... ( Read more about What is Cancer? Searching for the Cause)

How the Body Ages:

The nucleus of every cell has 23 pairs of... ( Read more about Why and How Does the Body Age?)

The fattening of America is so out there, so obvious, the question has become how do we get the message that we need to reverse the trend? Perhaps, the message is sinking in, at least among women. New research released by the CDC shows, among... ( Read more about Women, Obesity Rates, and the Fountain of Youth)

It would make sense at first glance that workplace stress leads to heart disease--no surprise, right? But the latest research shows chronic stress at work can also leads to diabetes--and that--raises eyebrows. “Deadlines, they ask you questions... ( Read more about Work Stress and Metabolic Syndrome)

Most people would npt consider a 35 year old a likely candidate for serious heart trouble, even if she is a young smoker. But new research shows that young smokers between 35 and 39 are at a significantly higher risk of heart attacks than their... ( Read more about Young Smokers)

By Tauseef Ahmed, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Oncology / Hematology at New York Medical College Your tests have come back. The news is not good and your doctor refers you to a specialist. Oncologist, Orthopedist,... ( Read more about Your First Visit)