Category: Disorders & Diseases

Disorders & Diseases

Early Screening, Targeted Treatments Improve Lung Cancer Survival

Catching lung cancer early enables surgical tumor removal, while routine screening and newer therapies improve patient outcomes.

Disorders & Diseases

Federal Grant to Fund Inhaled Vaccines

A $20.7M federal grant will fund a 5-year inhaled vaccines initiative at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai beginning with development of an avian influenza nasal spray prototype.

Disorders & Diseases

Lung Cancer Survival Rates ‘Improving for Everyone,’ National Report Reveals

The American Lung Association’s 2023 "State of Lung Cancer" report reveals improvement in five-year survival rate across the US, including for people of color.

Chronic Pulmonary Disorders

Tracking Coughs to Monitor Respiratory Outbreaks

Researchers designed an automated acoustic monitoring tool that flags indoor coughing without identifying individual patients.

Infectious Diseases

Researchers ID Genes Linked to Severe Pediatric COVID-19

Study reveals shared biological responses among children hospitalized with COVID-19 and other serious lung infections.

Critical Care

How Anesthesia Affects Neural Activity

Researchers at UCLA use human stem cell-derived models to replicate the brain wave patterns produced by general anesthesia.

Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

Chronic Smoke Reprograms Lung Stem Cells

Chronic smoke exposure alters lung repair cells and helps decide which form of the disease develops after genetic mutations occur.

Sleep Medicine

Sleep Quality for Dog Owners

Research shows sharing a bed with dogs does not reduce human sleep duration, despite common owner perceptions.