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Maintaining lung health with longstanding HIV [PDF]
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2016 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is now managed as a chronic disease. Non-infectious pulmonary conditions have replaced infection as the biggest threat to lung health, particularly as HIV cohorts age, but there is no consensus on how best to maintain long-term lung health.
Collini, P., Morris, A.
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Practical approach to lung health: lung health for everyone? [PDF]
European Respiratory Review, 2012 The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 50% of people with tuberculosis (TB) are never diagnosed as having the disease and so cannot benefit from treatment, leaving the epidemic unchecked despite increasing global coverage by treatment programmes [1, 2].
Salah Ottmani, Agnes Hamzaoui
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The Cellular and Physiological Basis for Lung Repair and Regeneration: Past, Present, and Future. [PDF]
, 2020 The respiratory system, which includes the trachea, airways, and distal alveoli, is a complex multi-cellular organ that intimately links with the cardiovascular system to accomplish gas exchange.
Basil, Maria C +15 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 BackgroundOxidative stress is associated with outcomes of chronic lung disease. The oxidative stress-related exposures of diet and lifestyle can be evaluated by the oxidative balance score (OBS), and higher OBS scores indicate more significant ...
Zhixiao Xu +7 more
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Bronchiectasis—Could Immunonutrition Have a Role to Play in Future Management?
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition in which areas of the bronchial tubes become permanently widened predisposing the lungs to infection. Bronchiectasis is an age-associated disease with the highest prevalence in people older than 75 years.
Emma J. Derbyshire +2 more
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Lung health in older adults [PDF]
Age and Ageing, 2019 One in five people in the UK live with lung disease. The National Taskforce for Lung Health, supported by 29 organisations, published its report in December 2018 with 43 recommendations for the UK, most of which are highly relevant to older adults. Prevention is key, especially relating to the introduction of clean air zones and air pollution alerts ...
Christopher, Dyer, Laura, Pugh
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MAP17 predicts sensitivity to platinum-based therapy, EGFR inhibitors and the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib in lung adenocarcinoma [PDF]
, 2018 Background The high incidence and mortality of lung tumours is a major health problem. Therefore, the identification both of biomarkers predicting efficacy for therapies in use and of novel efficacious therapeutic agents is crucial to increase patient ...
Carnero Moya, Amancio +5 more
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Lung cancer health disparities [PDF]
Carcinogenesis, 2018 Compared with all other racial and ethnic groups in the United States, African Americans are disproportionally affected by lung cancer, both in terms of incidence and survival. It is likely that smoking, as the main etiological factor associated with lung cancer, contributes to these disparities, but the precise mechanism is still unclear.
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Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study [PDF]
, 2008 <b>Background:</b> Studies have shown that exposure to the natural environment, or so-called green space, has an independent effect on health and health-related behaviours.
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Chronic Respiratory Disease, 2006 Japan appears to be one of the healthiest nations. However, each step of healthcare services is not excellent while macroscopic outcomes are exceptional. Globalization is also key concept in Japanese respiratory healthcare services. As international communication between physicians become more common, the reality that various gaps in respiratory ...
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