The anthrax-contaminated Brentwood postal facility, workplace of the two postal workers who died from pulmonary anthrax, remained closed at the end of the week, designated a crime .
Lesser amounts can cause scarring of the lungs, which can lead to an irreversible condition called pulmonary fibrosis.
Over the course of up to four lab visits and a battery of pulmonary tests, which included examining how well patients fared when their asthma medications were tapered off or taken .
COPD Foundation Calls for Best and Brightest: Partners with Edison Nation Medical, Invention Resource Leader, to Find ... The COPD Foundation announces today that it has partnered with Edison Nation Medical, an online resource for individuals who have an idea for improving healthcare but lack the knowledge or resources to make that idea a reality, to find and develop innovations that will improve the lives of those impacted by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease .
June 19, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Study evaluates procedures for diagnosing sarcoidosis Among patients with suspected stage I/II pulmonary sarcoidosis who were undergoing confirmation of the condition via tissue sampling, the use of the procedure known as endosonographic nodal aspiration compared with bronchoscopic biopsy, the current diagnostic standard, resulted in greater diagnostic yield, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.
June 18, 2013 - EurekAlert!