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Elevated cardiac troponin raises risk of cardiac mortality in CAP patients
Elevated cardiac troponin T (cTnT), a dependable marker for myocardial infarction, is also strongly prognostic of cardiac mortality observed in association with community-acquired pneumonia...
World TB Day – Drug-resistant TB spreading; poor infection control in SA
New tuberculosis infections have declined around the world – except in Sub-Saharan Africa. And the explosion of drug-resistant TB strains in South Africa and other countries have...
Removable airway stent could revolutionise surgery
Norwegian researchers successfully tested a respiratory stent that was completely removed without significant technical or medical complications, in a proof-of-principle animal study.
Two years ago, Dr...
Study finds over 30% adult asthma diagnoses are incorrect
A study has found that 33% of adults recently diagnosed with asthma by their physicians did not have active asthma. Over 90% of these...
Cystic fibrosis patients’ lung function hampered by mucins
University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers have provided the first quantitative evidence that mucins – the protein framework of mucus – are...
Asthma sufferers will benefit from combining medications
People with asthma are likely to benefit from combining medications to manage their symptoms, a strategy that requires doctors and patients to work together...