India needs pulmonary rehabilitation in primary healthcare centres to combat post-tuberculosis lung sequelae: experts
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health concern, with long-term lung damage requiring pulmonary rehabilitation for improved ...
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Systemic Immune Response Index Identified as Independent Risk Factor for COPD
The systemic immune response index outperformed other inflammatory markers in predicting chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
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Childhood obesity boosts risk of COPD later in life
New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that having an overweight or obesity trajectory during childhood is associated with ...
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Dry cough and shortness of breath persistent idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, average survival time of only 3-5 years
However, along with genetic factors, there is a possibility that environmental factors such as dust, smoking, and pollutants, ...
World TB Day: When TB Targets More Than Just the Lungs—Is Your Fertility at Risk?
While TB is commonly associated with the lungs, its impact on female fertility is a pressing concern. Genital tuberculosis can severely affect reproductive health, leading to infertility and pregnancy ...
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TB patients' struggle for survival as drugs disappear
Walter notes that despite the progress Kenya has made in the fight against TB, President Donald Trump’s stop order on foreign ...
5 years after Covid: ‘I am happy if I can climb to the second floor without feeling breathless’
On a routine check-up last week, the doctor told me that I still had patches in my lungs,” says Malhotra. Now his biggest ...