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Female nurses who worked in operating rooms (ORs) for 15 years or more are up to 69% more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than those who never served in an OR, according to a large-scale study from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). Causing…
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Researchers at the Centenary UTS Centre for Inflammation in Australia have been awarded grants to investigate potential therapeutics for respiratory conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). One of the awards is a $5-million National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Synergy Grant that will investigate methods in…
Treatment with the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) lowered blood levels of pro-inflammatory molecules and reduced lung scarring, or fibrosis, in a rat model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a study shows. This beneficial effect was associated with the suppression of two molecules — von Willebrand factor (VWF) and p38 mitogen-activated…
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