German government agency warns of heightened health risks posed by climate change

As Germany experiences extended periods of cloudless weather, lung diseases caused by forest fires and agricultural dust, as well as skin cancer due to an increase in ultraviolet radiation, may become a growing concern, according to the Robert Koch Institute.

The German agency for disea...

Risk Of Lung Cancer

Roche Thailand has developed a revolutionary method for detecting lung cancer via a low-dose computed tomography scan that provides an accurate diagnosis at the crucial early stage of the dreaded disease. During a presentation titled Did you know? on May 27, the company introduced a novel method....

One out of every three vapes supplied in Australia contains unlawful quantities of prohibited substances, which may lead to serious ailments including the popcorn lung

Nearly a third of vapes marketed in Australia have banned amounts of chemicals related to severe lung conditions including 'popcorn lung.'

The Therapeutic Goods Administration discovered that chemical concentrations in 31% of the 214 e-cigarettes it examined exceeded the legal l...

KYOTO UNIVERSITY PERFORMS WORLD’S 1ST LIVING DONOR LUNG TRNSPLANT

Highlights –

• Kyoto University performs world’s 1st living donor lung transplant.
• A patient had lost functionality of both her lungs due to COVID-19.
• The operation is said to have taken around 11hours to perform.
• The l...

BENEFITS OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND LUNGS

Highlights:

• Benefits of the Omega-3 fatty acids for the lungs
• Omega-3 fatty acids are also responsible for lowering the risk of asthma caused by pollution

Many of the people are avoiding the consumption of the goods fats, and accordi...

KOREAN SCIENTISTS COME UP WITH INGENIOUS 3D-BASED CELL CULTURE ASSAYS

• A clutch of South Korean researchers have developed an ingenious 3D-based cell culture technique for human lung alveolar cells that take the brunt of  COVID-19 infection, according to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Monday.
• KAIST professor Ju Young-seok...

AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN DUBAI PERFORMS MINIMAL INVASIVE LUNG SURGERY

HIGHLIGHTS

• The first negligibly obtrusive lung medical procedure was performed to eliminate a tumor from a Dubai inhabitant, at the American Hospital in Dubai.

The instruments used were exact, adaptable, and careful to extract tumors out of the...

CT SCANS BETTER AT COVID-19 LUNG INFECTION DETECTION

Highlights:

• Hubei adopts CT Scans to diagnose lung infections
• Till now Hubei relied on RNA tests only

Prevention has always been better than cure. Hence if not a cure for the virus, at least a better way of detection. This has been p...

Partner of a woman suffering from Cystic pleads for providing her with NHS-approved medication

The partner of a woman who is suffering from cystic fibrosis and struggles to breathe due to her condition has pleaded for providing her with the medication approved by NHS.

Nicole Adams is currently admitted to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital where the level of her lung capacity ...

Living near a busy road stunts lung growth and increases the risk of lung cancer in children

A new research states that living within 50 meters of a major busy road may stunt lung growth in children by 3 – 14% and increase the risk of lung cancer by 10%.

The research is conducted at King's College London. It was studied by a coalition of 15 environments and health NGO...

Lung cancer in the UK

Cancer in the United Kingdom has been rising, and the number of people affected by the disease as well as the number of people dying from the fatal disease is growing by the day and this will be having a significant impact on how people look at the condition and what the nation will be doing to r...

Doctors seek AI to identify collapsed lungs

Presently chest x-rays are used to identify collapsed lungs. This is not effective as doctors are able to diagnose less than 50 per cent of cases with x-rays.

Pneumothorax or collapsed lungs are defined as issues occurring from air getting caught between the chest wall and the outside o...

A new type of cancer in the rise

As the United Kingdom is seeing a huge wave of diseases there is one more in the line to make the people suffer more.  The disease that has been gaining some attention these days is the type of cancer called lung cancer.
As the name itself suggests it is cancer that mainly stems from ...