The FDA recently approved mepolizumab for treating adults with inadequately controlled COPD and an eosinophilic phenotype, ...

Transabdominal ultrasound shows potential as an alternative and cost-effective method for monitoring selected patients with ...

The most common multimorbidity pattern was cancer among persons with cardiovascular disease with a crude incidence rate of 17.1 events per 1000 person-years, followed by cancer among persons with type ...

Background: A study was undertaken to compare the ability of computed tomographic (CT) scores and pulmonary function tests to detect changes in lung disease in children and adults with cystic fibrosis ...

Background Hereditary cystic kidney diseases such as nephronophthisis, polycystic kidney disease and Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) are caused by a dysfunction of primary cilia. Cilia are involved in a ...

Aims: To review the effect of total splenectomy on lung function and nutrition in children with cystic fibrosis related liver disease (CFLD) and associated portal hypertension. The stated indications ...

Aims: To explore the meanings that parents and children attach to food and eating, and how these influence their approaches to dietary management of cystic fibrosis (CF). Methods: Ethnographic design ...

However, interpretation of these findings is made difficult by the fact that his material included cases with medullary cystic disease, analgesic abuse and other known causes of interstitial ...

Peptic Ulcer Disease Diagnosis. Diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease begins with a comprehensive physical exam. You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. Other diagnostic tests your ...

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a Cl−-ion channel, assembles into dynamic macromolecular complexes. Understanding how these complexes regulate the intracellular ...

Background Clinical trials in cystic fibrosis (CF) have been hindered by the paucity of well characterised and clinically relevant outcome measures. Aim To evaluate a range of conventional and novel ...

Savannah Keife from St. Marys said she is excited to cheer at the game. "Being able to cheer one last time. It’s just I didn’t think it would happen, so I’m so very glad it’s happening, and I think ...