Researchers from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have devised a way to lower the health risks of using endotracheal ...

Sir William Osler – usually considered the father of modern medicine – described pneumonia at the time as "the most fatal of all acute diseases" because it killed ... Pediatrics at the Atlantic Health ...

Early prediction of in-hospital pneumonia mortality can effectively be done using a machine learning (ML) model based on clinical data.

Highlights Walking pneumonia is a milder form of regular pneumonia. It can be contagious when caused by specific bacteria or viruses. Those at higher risk include the elderly, young children, and ...

Background Prior work suggests different interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) that share the radiological usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern have an overall worse prognosis. However, ...

The success of drugs such as imatinib has made protein kinases an intensively studied class of drug targets. Research on new protein kinase targets and a range of potential disease indications has ...

But a bout of pneumonia and subsequent viral infection triggered a rare lung disease that has inflamed and scarred her ...

Heart disease refers to any condition affecting the cardiovascular system. Each type of heart disease affects the heart and blood vessels in different ways. As a result, the blood supply reduces ...

In fact, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) — the guide published by the American Psychiatric Association and used by healthcare professionals for the diagnosis ...

IP is a rare X chromosome-linked genetic disorder that affects the skin, hair, teeth, nails, eyes, brain and central nervous system. Associated problems of IP include delayed development ...

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