Research scientist Erlend Hofstad and lung specialist Dr. Håkon Olav Leira check that «map and terrain» match. (sciencedaily.com)
There is good news: obesity doesn't seem to lessen the effectiveness of corticosteroid inhalers, the standard treatment to ease asthma symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing and chest pain, said Jason Lang, M.D., a pediatric lung specialist and director of the Duke Children's Pulmonary Function Laboratory, who led the study. (sciencedaily.com)
Although encouraged by the discovery, lung specialist Michael Keane at the University of California, Los Angeles, says many cases of fibrosis remain enigmatic. (sciencemag.org)