The respiratory system is comprised of the lungs, airways and the respiratory muscles that allow the movement of air in and out of the body. The primary function of the respiratory system is to supply your body's blood with oxygen. There are many conditions and diseases that can affect the respiratory system. Things like asthma and emphysema are considered obstructive conditions, while restrictive conditions are things like fibrosis, pleural effucsion and alveolar damage. Vascular diseases of the respiratory system include pulmonary embolism and pulmonary edema.
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New Tool Aims to Predict Problems in Preemies
THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A newly developed
assessment tool may give doctors and parents a heads-up about the kinds of
medical problems that may face premature infants, researchers say.
J&J launches aid program for women, children
Johnson & Johnson has pledged grant money, drugs and research funding for new HIV and tuberculosis medications as part of a five-year, private sector effort to improve the health up to 120 million women and children in developing nations each year.
Health reforms trigger spending shift
New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation's healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.
Avoiding sexual contact can worsen vulvovaginal pain: study
Chronic vulvovaginal pain affecting millions of women can be mitigated by her partner's response, but can also exacerbate the condition particularly if they avoid sexual activity, a Canadian study showed.
Testosterone may drive aggressive takeovers: study
Younger chief executives with high testosterone levels may be more likely to try a hostile takeover -- and to get burned in the attempt, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
New warnings added to agents used in MRI tests
New warnings of a potentially fatal skin disease will be added to labels for imaging drugs sold by Bayer, Covidien and GE Healthcare cautioning against their use by patients with kidney disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
Vitamin B 'could delay Alzheimer's onset'
Large daily doses of B vitamins could delay -- or even halt -- the onset of Alzheimer's disease, a study suggested Thursday.
Magnetic fields won't up kids' brain cancer risk
Exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs)--emitted by anything from power lines to appliances or improperly grounded wiring--is not likely to increase children's risk of developing brain tumors, the authors of a new analysi...
B vitamins found to slow progression of dementia
Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,
Health reforms trigger spending shift
New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation's healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.
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