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Back to SearchDoes dry air contribute to more respiratory infections? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Dry air just isn’t good for your respiratory health, new research by David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. Dry air …
8 months, 1 week ago
How are dry air and respiratory disease connected? Elizabeth Tracey reports
When you’re in an environment where the air is dry, a whole cascade of responses renders you more susceptible to respiratory conditions and diseases.…
8 months, 1 week ago
Dry airways and inflammation are linked, Elizabeth Tracey reports
As our planet warms, relative humidity hasn’t changed much but evaporation rate has increased, so things are dryer. This is a prescription for increa…
8 months, 1 week ago
What are increasing global temperatures doing to your airways? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Climate change and increasing temperatures are already taking a toll on your health, research by David Edwards, a respiratory health expert at Johns …
8 months, 1 week ago
How is the decision on how long to continue life sustaining treatment made? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Findings on a routine EEG called sleep spindles may be helpful in determining if a nonresponsive person who’s had a brain injury will recover, a new …
9 months, 1 week ago
Is two weeks long enough to determine if someone will recover consciousness? Elizabeth Tracey reports
If someone has suffered a brain injury and is on life support, determining when to cease that treatment is challenging if they haven’t recovered cons…
9 months, 1 week ago
How long should someone remain on life support? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Deciding when to stop life sustaining treatment for someone who’s unconscious after brain injury may be easier now that a new study identifies sleep …
9 months, 1 week ago
Sleep spindles may help discern who may regain consciousness, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Something called sleep spindles are spikes that show up in an electroencephalogram, or EEG, and may help predict whether someone who’s had a brain i…
9 months, 1 week ago
It’s always a challenge when someone is unresponsive to determine how active their brain is, Elizabeth Tracey reports
When a patient is not responsive following a traumatic brain injury it is very difficult to tell when or if they’ll recover. A recent study may help …
9 months, 1 week ago
The shingles vaccine is on the do not miss list, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Shingles is a skin infection that results from reactivation of the virus that causes chicken pox. It can occur in areas like the eye where it may com…
9 months, 2 weeks ago