Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

“GanedenBC30 reduces GI and URTI symptoms in children: study - NutraIngredients-usa.com” plus 1 more GanedenBC30 reduces GI and URTI symptoms in children: study - NutraIngredients-usa.com Posted: 26 Sep 2019 07:34 AM PDT The report ​points out that respiratory infections are the most common infections in children, with acute respiratory infections representing 30–40% of medical consultations and 20–30% of hospitalizations worldwide, citing the World Health Organization.  Acute gastrointestinal infections come in second as the most common infections in children. Furthermore, infectious diarrhea ranks eighth as the most common cause of morbidity worldwide, with 1.4 million deaths in 2015, and the second most common cause of morbidity in developing countries, with 57.2 million deaths. The most common symptoms of GITI include diarrhea, constipation, intestinal inflammation, and vomiting (WHO).  With these two types of infections in mind, rese

“With the Affordable Care Act’s future in doubt, evidence grows that it has saved lives - The Washington Post” plus 1 more With the Affordable Care Act’s future in doubt, evidence grows that it has saved lives - The Washington Post Posted: 30 Sep 2019 04:08 AM PDT Such findings are part of an emerging mosaic of evidence that, nearly a decade after it became one of the most polarizing health-care laws in U.S. history, the ACA is making some Americans healthier — and less likely to die. The evidence is accumulating just as the ACA's future is, once again, being cast into doubt. The most immediate threat arises from a federal lawsuit, brought by a group of Republican state attorneys general, that challenges the law's constitutionality. A trial court judge in Texas ruled late last year that the entire law is invalid , and an opinion on the case is expected at any time from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. The case could well

“Vaping illness’s ground zero - The CT Mirror” plus 2 more Vaping illness’s ground zero - The CT Mirror Pay Attention to New Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Guidelines - Medscape Pirfenidone in patients with unclassifiable progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial - The Lancet Vaping illness’s ground zero - The CT Mirror Posted: 29 Sep 2019 02:07 AM PDT mark pazniokas :: ctmirror.org Renée Coleman-Mitchell, Connecticut's commissioner of public health, has recommended that residents stop using vaping products while investigations are underway. She is pictures with Gov. Ned Lamont. MILWAUKEE — Dr. Lynn D'Andrea knew something was amiss when three teenagers with similar mysterious, dangerous lung injuries came into the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin one after another, gasping for air. As the only pulmonologist on duty that Fourt

“Sarcoidosis Patients at Urgent Need of Lung Transplant May Not Be Spotted by LAS, Study Says - Sarcoidosis News” plus 1 more Sarcoidosis Patients at Urgent Need of Lung Transplant May Not Be Spotted by LAS, Study Says - Sarcoidosis News Posted: 30 Sep 2019 08:30 AM PDT The current scoring system used to assess the urgency of lung transplants, called LAS (lung allocation score) , fails to predict the risk of death in people with sarcoidosis, a single center study suggests. The study " Mortality for sarcoidosis patients on the transplant wait list in the Lung Allocation Score era: Experience from a high volume center " was published in the journal Respiratory Medicine . Over 90% of sarcoidosis patients have impaired lung function, but symptom progression to a risk of death is seen in less than 10% of the cases. About 2.5% to 3.5% of referrals for a possible lung transplant are people with advanced pulmonary sarcoidosis, its rese