Background Early-life inflammation has long been recognised as a key pathophysiological process in the evolution of cystic ...

Background Vitamin A, an essential micronutrient obtained through the diet, plays a crucial role in lung development and contributes to lung regeneration. We aimed to investigate its effect on adult ...

An 81-year-old woman presented to rheumatology with a relapse of her longstanding seropositive erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Her medical history was significant for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia ...

1 Department of Medicine, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA Background The mechanisms underlying chronic obstructive ...

Background Severe obesity causes respiratory morbidity and mortality. The impact of obesity on the mechanics of breathing is not fully understood. Conclusions Obese subjects have markedly increased ...

1 Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, P O Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand 2 Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC - Sophia ...

Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...

Most physicians believe they do more good than harm, and these duties of helping and not harming the patient are rooted in the Hippocratic oath, the good Samaritan tradition, and the Order of the ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

Correspondence to Dr Jamilah Meghji, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK; jamilah.meghji{at}lstmed.ac.uk Background Post-tuberculosis lung ...

This is an account of the life and work of Robert Koch (1843-1910), Nobel Laureate in Medicine and a founder of the science of bacteriology. In particular, Koch's researches into tuberculosis are ...