Health News Archives

Computer Program Helps COPD Patients Monitor Breathing
It helped to reduce air trapped in the lungs during exercise, researchers find

Health Tip: Taking Cough Medicine?
Signs that you should call your doctor instead

Respiratory Distress Treatment Studies Conflict
Experts differ on what answers the research offers

Atypical Pneumonias Best Treated With Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics: Study
Patients with hospital-acquired illness had lower death rates, went home sooner

Future Flu Pandemic Could Cost 62 Million Lives: Report
Data from 1918-20 outbreak predicts poor countries would be hit hardest

Special Care Keeps Nursing Home Residents Out of Hospital
Canadian program, focusing on pneumonia, could save U.S. millions, study says

Flying the Infectious Skies?
Officials could do more to protect passengers from airborne disease, researchers contend

Hydrocortisone Fights Severe Pneumonia
The drug could prove a lifeline for very ill patients

9/11 Firefighter Contracted Rare Pneumonia
Inhaled ash from World Trade Center thought to be the cause

Turning the Tide on Antibiotics for Kids
Doctors being more careful about prescribing them for children