Recent NewsAlarming Findings in CMA Air Pollution ReportMcMaster Gets 1.6 Million for Pandemic ResearchLung Association Calls for Improved Support to Help Smokers QuitThe Michener Institute Launches New Magazine Glycine Key to REM Sleep Behavior Disorder?Fanshawe Anesthesia Assistant ProgramMost European Healthcare Systems Outperform CanadaPaperless EMR ResearchCanadian Children With High Nitric Oxidel Levels May Still Be Breathing EasyWHO Confirms Human-To-Human Bird Flu CaseVitamin D Insufficiency Common in Cystic Fibrosis PatientsFamily Satisfaction in the ICUNew Therapy Reduces Mortality in Patients with Severe COPDHandling Pesticides Associated with Greater Asthma Risk in Farm WomenMedical Students and Pandemic InfluenzaPalivizumab Treatment of Preterm Infants With RSVWHO Fails to Reach Deal on Sharing Bird Flu VirusDexamethasone and First-time Wheezers With BronchiolitisExhaled Nitric Oxide May Predict Response to Inhaled Steroid TherapyVentilator-Associated Pneumonia—The Wrong Quality Measure for BenchmarkingVolunteers Needed / Les Volontaires Ont Eu BesoinGuidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of AsthmaMedical Tourism: Globalization of the Healthcare MarketplaceTopical Olopatadine Tackles Indoor and Outdoor Ocular AllergiesGuidelines Issued for Cystic FibrosisNew Oral Vaccine for Hay FeverNew Paperless HospitalsNew Intranasal Corticosteriod for Seasonal Allergies ApprovedAir Pollution Raises Preterm Birth RiskQuality of Life Predicts Lung Cancer SurvivalFluticasone Furoate Nasal Spray Deemed SafeWait for Hospital Beds in Canada Varies DramaticallyNew Evidence-Based Guidelines for Smoking CessationNew Study - Treating Sleep Apnea Reduces Heart Attack, Stroke RiskCanadian Thoracic Society Releases New COPD GuidelinesAlveolar instability caused by mechanical ventilation initially damages the non-dependent normal lungDiuretics in Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Diastolic Heart FailureEffect of a Rapid Response Team on Major Clinical Outcome MeasuresRocephin Plus Calcium Linked to Fatal ReactionsNew Lung Cancer GuidelinesOntario Pharmacists Association WorkshopNew Multiple Sclerosis Gene FoundThree Sputum Samples Help Diagnose Tuberculosis When Expectorate InadequateRare Women’s Lung Disease May Yield Insights into Common DiseasesAnibiotic Use in Infants Linked to AsthmasBCSRT Educational Forum - October 18 - 20, 2007Respiratory therapists champion SHN interventionsNew Fanshawe AA ProgramNew Treatment Approach for Asthma2007 Respiratory Guidelines Now AvailableVolunteers for CBRCCBRC Logo ContestInhaled Short-Acting Beta-Agonist Not Effective Prior to BronchoscopyCost-Effectiveness of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery RevisedPulmonary Gas Exchange in the Morbidly ObeseAntibiotics and Corticosteroids Overused for RhinosinusitisUse of the Ventilator Bundle to Prevent Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaHypotension a Risk in Children on High-Dose Inhaled AlbuterolOrgan Donor Designation Frequently Ignored by FamilyHealthcare-Associated InfectionsInfants Who Wheeze More Likely to Progress to AsthmaBudesonide-Formoterol Combination Produces Effective Rapid BronchodilationAllergens of New and Emerging SignificanceCHEST Unveils New On-Line ArchiveInternational Study on COPDTobacco Restrictions Under AssaultQuick Test Speeds ICU Pneumonia TherapyRotational Bed Therapy to Prevent and Treat Respiratory ComplicationsLow-Cost Bottle-Spacer Bronchodilator Treatment May Be Effective in ChildrenIsolation for Drug Resistant TB Patients?Reducing Daily Cigarette Smoking May Not Lower Risk for Premature DeathAHA Issues New Guidelines for Emergency Cardiovascular CareFortified Milk Helps Prevent Pneumonia in Preschool ChildrenOntario to Open Infectious Disease CentreMemory Improves After Sleep Apnea TherapyBeta-Agonists Boost Type 2 T CellsEarly Use of Oral Antibiotics Shortens Hospital StayTorcetrapib Trials EndAsthma Drugs Cause Immune Cell Build-UpGene Modifiers of Lung DiseaseEmpiric Antibiotics for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Effective Within 48 HoursVarenicline Proves Safe and Effective in Short- and Long-term Clinical TrialsServent Plus Inhaled Steroid Said to Reduce Asthma ExacerbationsTwenty-Five Year Followup Study COPDSmokers Will Develop Progressive and Incurable LungTeenage Smoking Tied to Increased Risk of Adolescent AsthmaNovel Ragweed Vaccine Shown to be SafeLive Influenza Vaccine Better Than Attenuated Vaccine for Children With AsthmaWhich Inhaler Therapy Is Recommended for Elderly Patients With Asthma/COPD and Hypertension?New Options in COPD TherapyPostnasal Drip, Immunotherapy, and Asthma: Is There a Link?Lung Transplantation Effective in Infants With Surfactant Protein B Deficiency Sildenafil Prevents Rebound Pulmonary Hypertension After Inhaled NO WithdrawalHigh-Dose Fluticasone/Salmeterol Therapy May "Revolutionize" COPD TreatmentPercutaneous Versus Surgical TracheostomyFibrin Glue Highly Effective for Multiple Lung Injuries With Air LeaksStatins May Retard Lung Deterioration in SmokersLarge Community Spirometry Screening Proves SuccessfulDestroying Airway Muscle With Heat Eases Asthma SymptomsInvestigational Valve May Help In EmphysemaInfliximab May Improve Lung Function in Patients With Severe SarcoidosisAirway Involvement In Interstitial Lung DiseaseComputer-Driven Weaning From Mechanical VentilationQuality Gap Between Best and Worst Performing US Hospitals GrowsOttawa Seeks $2B in Taxes From Merck Frosst: reportAsthma And Soot From Diesel Trucks In Bronx LinkedPre-op Breathing Therapy Halves Post-CABG Lung RisksInfant Lung Function Linked to Later AsthmaHealth Experts See Risk of Major Polio ResurgenceHigh In-Hospital Mortality Observed Among Asthmatics Treated for ExacerbationsGord HylandBreath Test Finds Chronic Coughs That Need Inhaled SteroidsLung Disease Hits 25% of Long-Term SmokersHealth Canada Introduces TB Trial Rules Pre-Protection Against Pandemic Flu PossibleInhaling Pepper Oil Reduces Danger of Aspiration PneumoniaOxygen Masks May Be a Source of InfectionNew Medical Device Provides Visual Signal of Gas FlowThreat of West Nile Virus UnpredictableTB Threat in Europe WorsensHay Fever Vaccine Tames Allery Symptons for Two YearsSildenafil Worsens Obstructive Sleep Apnea EventsAnxiety, Depressive Disorders Linked to More Asthma SymptomsRespiratory Training and Exercise Benefit Patients With Severe Pulmonary HypertensionMoxifloxacin Highly Effective for Respiratory Tract InfectionsAntimicrobial Gloves Reduce MDR Nosocomial InfectionsShort-Course Antibiotics Effective Against PneumoniaMonoclonal Antibody Reduces Exacerbations in AsthmaticsPregnancy Diet May Affect Kids' AsthmaStudy Ties Sleep Apnea to DepressionSecond-Hand Smoke Exposure Boosts miscarriage RiskAsthma Risk by Age 40 'Alarming,' Stats ShowAsthma Out of Control in Canadians, Report SaysAsthma Treatment Approved by Health CanadaPortable Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Effectively Treats Severe Carbon Monoxide PoisoningEnzyme Replacement Effective in Patients With Hunter SyndromeFISH More Accurate Than Cytology for Detecting Lung CancerNeonatal Cystic Fibrosis Screening Deemed Cost EffectiveOxygen Saturation in Healthy Infants Immediately After BirthExercise and Respiratory Training Ease Life With Pulmonary HypertensionBronchial Thermoplasty for AsthmaInhaled Steroid Plus LABA Reduces Exacerbations in COPDWomen With COPD Receiving Oxygen More Likely to Die Than MenLow-Dose Avian Flu Vaccine May Be SafeDisposable Breath-Actuated Inhaler UnveiledOnce-daily Combination Therapy For Asthma And COPDSleep Apnea Ups Stroke Risk in ElderlyLung SurfactantsInhaled Corticosteroids Reduce Mortality in Patients With COPDNoninvasive Ventilation Improves Survival From Respiratory Failure in CHFHigh Viral Load and Intense Cytokine Response Make Bird Flu DeadlyUpdated Sleep Apena Screening Recommended for Commercial DriversYouth Smoking DownVirtually Untreatable Tuberculosis Found WorldwideFraser Institute Grades Ontario HospitalsDietary Vitamin E During Pregnancy Reduces Childhood AsthmaAllergy to Anesthesia Drugs Not Rare in Surgical PatientsAlpha-Enolase Linked to Severe AsthmaNested Case-Control Study of Autoimmune Disease in an Asbestos-Exposed PopulationImpact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus on Allergy Skin TestNew Drug for Smoking CessationNew Information on Managing Asthma in SchoolsDoctors Renew Warning on Asthma DrugsChildren's Allergies Increasing WorldwideVarenicline May Be Helpful for Smoking CessationOral Better Than Inhaled Corticosteroids for Pediatric Asthma EmergenciesTelephone-Based Intervention Helps Patients Manage PainMortality From Acute Lung Injury ofter ResectionPrenatal Exposure to SSRIs Linked to Respiratory DistressCessation Among Smokers Who Used "Light" CigarettesUS Approves Flu VaccinesLow Oxygen Saturation and Infants in Car Safety DevicesTracheotomy Does Not Affect Reducing Sedation RequirementsFDA Warns Pharmacies Against Mass Production of Inhalation DrugsSmoking Associated With Kidney DiseaseTuberculosis - Infection and ReinfectionPrevention and Control of InfluenzaAsthma Rescue Inhalers Peter Out Without WarningGenetic Profiling and Lung CancerNicotine in a BottleNew Trial of Multi-targeted Antisense in the Respiratory TractReview of Sudden Infant Death SyndromeTobacco Expected to Kill One BillionBeta-agonist Inhalers More than Double Death Risk in COPDDrug May Free Asthma Sufferers From Side EffectsNew Report on Second-Hand Smoke Suggests Serious Health HazardCooling Body Temperature in Cardiac PatientsMore Women Than Men Hospitalized for AsthmaTreatment for Apnea Needs Follow-UpConnection between Body Weight and Asthma Rates among ChildrenMRI Technique Identifies Early Lung Changes in SmokersBreathing Exercises Reduce Inhaler Use With AsthmaGlucose Meters WarningCF Patients Can Safely Stop Inhaled CorticosteroidsPools Can Be Hazardous To Children's LungsRTs and Organ Donation Effect of Long-Acting ß-AgonistsTuberculosis Cases Rise in NunavutCity of Ottawa May Regulate Use of PerfumePublic Smoking Banned in Ontario and QuebecHeat Mask Useful for Cold Exercise-Induced AsthmaSteroids May Control but Not Change Course of Childhood AsthmaNew Guidelines for Pediatric and Neonatal Emergency Cardiovascular CareTuberculin Skin Testing in ChildrenIsoniazid Preventive Therapy and Risk for Resistant TuberculosisFDA Recall of VentilatorGender May Impact Lung Function in Patients with Lung CancerSaskatchewan Passes RT ActSleep and Youth Suicidal BehaviorFungal Respiratory DiseaseHealth Action Lobby (HEAL) Responds to New BudgetCanadian Study on September Asthma SpikeNewer Diagnostics for Tuberculosis and Multi-Drug Resistant TuberculosisEarly Enteral Feeding Benefits Mechanically Ventilated Medical PatientsPartial Liquid Ventilation for ARDS Not EffectiveComputer Keyboards at Hospitals Often Harbor Potential PathogensPromethazine Products Contraindicated in Children Under Two YearsOxygen Regulator Fires Linked to Improper Use of GasketHealth and Social Services Workers Top Targets of ViolenceSteroid Therapy Fails Patients With Deadly Lung DiseaseSmoking Linked to Glucose Intolerance in Young AdultsPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor Involved in Respiratory Distress SyndromeRapid Chest Oscillation No Extra Help in Cystic Fibrosis Medication DispersalPneumococcal Vaccine Associated With Increase in Penicillin-Resistant BacteremiaEmergence of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis With Extensive Resistance to Second-Line DrugsTelithromycin May Be Helpful in Adults With Acute Asthma ExacerbationCPAP May Improve Survival of Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary EdemaHelium-Oxygen Mixture Eases Breathing in Infants With RSV-Related BronchiolitisRisk Factors of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in PatientsEffective Therapy for Childhood Seasonal Allergic AsthmaAge No Bar to Successful Asthma TherapyAirway Gene Expression Signature Spots Early Lung Cancer in SmokersPreterm Neonates Have Good Outcomes With Negative Pressure VentilationOptimizing Antibiotic Treatment for Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaAir Filters May do More Harm Than GoodBill Gates Donates $75 Million to Find Pneumonia VaccineGenes Play Role in Nonsmoker's Lung CancerNicotine Might Thwart Chemotherapy for Lung CancerDead Swan in Scotland Had H5N1Air Quality and Designing Healthier Communities for KidsLung Fibroblasts Show Markers of Senescence in VitroLow Sputum Eosinophils Predict Poor Steroid Response in AsthmaticsCOPD Associated With Chronic Bronchitis With Inhaled FluticasonePandemic InfluenzaOccupational RhinitisOzone and PM10 Exposure Linked to Respiratory Hospital AdmissionsChemotherapy Sequence Affects Lung Cancer ResponseVEGF LevelsReceptor Polymorphism Blunts Response to SalmeterolSputum Test Could Help Screen for Lung CancerDetection of Antibodies to Respiratory Viral AntigensExogenous Pulmonary SurfactantNew Strain of Avian Influenza FoundAvian Flu FactsAdenosine Receptors Altered in COPD PatientsLeptin Linked to Asthma in Premenopausal WomenDrop in Fine Particulate Air Pollution Linked to Reduced MortalityHome Oxygen Therapy Option for Acute BronchiolitisSome Leukemia Rates Peak After Flu EpidemicsServoventilation More Successful CPAP?Bird Flu Difficult to SpeadExtubation Outcome Following Spontaneous Breathing TrialProviding Appropriate End-of-Life CarePreferences for Mechanical Ventilation Among SurvivorsNew Guidelines Issued for Food AllergiesAsthmatic Smokers Show Early Signs of COPDGeneric Nasal Spray Approved by FDABird Flu Found in Sweden and AfghanistanNickel Most Common Contact Dermatitis AllergensExhaled Nitric Oxide a Useful MarkerEpinephrine Underused in Emergency Anaphylaxis TreatmentLow Birthweight More Likely With Maternal AsthmaImmunotherapy for Seasonal Allergic AsthmaFood-Related Anaphylaxis Management Often SuboptimalHumidity Does Not Help CroupAntibiotics, Infants and Asthma RiskAvian Flu TimelineConcerns Over Possible Ventilator ShortageResearchers Find New Way to Make TamifluCo-Infection Exacerbates COPDHigh-Frequency Oscillatory VentilationLung Function Test Detects Asthma RemissionUN Warns of H5N1 Virus in North America SoonCanadian Hospital Wait TimesAsthma Drug Warning StrengthenedEarly Bone Mass Accumulation Reduced in CFRespiratory Virus Detection Surveillance System Mechanical Ventilation Triage GuidelinesCorticosteroids Slow Decline in Lung FunctionBritish Ban Indoor SmokingUpdate from CSRT Anesthesia Interest GroupIV Albuterol Promising in Alveolar EdemaThe Role of Sinus Disease in AsthmaMagnesium Sulfate UnderusedFluticasone Outperforms MontelukastFourth EU Nation Confirms Bird FluOlder Asthmatics Have Increased Cancer RiskCuba to Use Locally Made Asthma VaccineMasks Not Always Effective HCC Releases Annual ReportInhaled Insulin Approved by FDAInflammatory Markers Predictive of Functional AbilityCRTO, RTSO and CSRT Respond to Toronto StarGlobal Survey on Unmet Needs in Asthma TreatmentOne in 10 Children Diagnosed with AsthmaReport on Children’s Health and the EnvironmentInappropriate Use of Inhaled Beta-Agonists Thermal Procedure for AsthmaticsCDC Advises Against Amantadine and RimantadineHypertonic Saline May Improve Lung Function in CFDecompression Surgery May Correct Sleep ApneaNew Asthma Drug Passes Phase 1 TrialsPrimatene Mist May Be Pulled From MarketActive Tuberculosis Case in London, OntarioPrivate Health Clinics Opening in OntarioMedicinal Marijuana SprayMore Canadians Forbid Smoking in Their HomesInhaled Drug Boosts Survival After Lung TransplantScientists in Uphill Battle to Fight Avian VirusAsthma Attack 'Predictor' DevisedInterstitial Lung DiseaseComplications with Hematological DisordersHypertension in Women Not Linked to CoffeeVitamin D and Lung HealthThromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension RiskAllergens May Contaminate NebulizersNasal Flu VaccineNew Emergency Care GuidelinesCOPD Definition Finds 7% Prevalence in PopulationAsthma StatisticsInfection Control Standards - Febrile Respiratory IllnessWHO Influenza SurveillanceCanadian Asthma Consensus GuidelinesGuideline for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaFraser Institute Canadian Health Care Study
