Sentences with phrase «effect on lung function»

In particular, lower respiratory tract infections in early life seem to have the greatest adverse effect on lung function and the risk of asthma.

«First trial of gene therapy for cystic fibrosis to show beneficial effect on lung function.»

In a linked editorial, Professor Peter Sly, deputy director of the executive of the Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia says the study presents convincing evidence that prenatal exposure to pollution has long - term effects on lung function of children.

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Existing research has often highlighted the adverse effects of air pollutants on lung function in school - age children and adolescents, but the effects of a mother's exposure to pollution on the lung function of her unborn child and shortly after birth are less well known.

Several clinical trials have tested whether taking vitamin D as a supplement has an effect on asthma attacks, symptoms and lung function in children and adults with asthma.

There was no effect of simvastatin on lung function or general or disease - specific quality of life.

Because of the beneficial effect of corticosteroids on lung function, especially in infants who are ventilator dependent, corticosteroids are, at times, administered to very low birth weight neonates to treat established or evolving lung disease.

«We will be conducting extensive testing of our athletes to evaluate the effect of Beijing's air pollution on lung function,» he says.

In addition, a recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicine found that long - term air quality improvements led to «statistically and clinically significant positive effects on lung - function growth in children.»

The abnormal spinal curvature causes a wide range of problems, including inability to balance in a seated position, pain, and possibly long - term adverse effects on lung, heart, and gastrointestinal function.

The Division of Pulmonary Medicine deals with the breath of life in all its aspects: control of breathing; sleep disorders; obstruction to airflow in the common diseases of upper and lower airways such as croup, bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia; restriction to lung function from disorders affecting the chest wall, the musculature, the nervous system, or lung tissue itself; congenital anomalies; accidents such as inhalation of foreign bodies, hydrocarbons, or toxic gases; secondary effects of non-pulmonary system disorders such as gastrointestinal reflux, myopathy, or cardiac dysfunction; disease of the upper respiratory tract including rhinitis and sinusitis; and so on.

Featuring lectures by speakers from the University of Minnesota, UNC, Duke, NCSU and Wake Forest University, the symposium is open to the entire scientific community and a broad spectrum of topics will be covered including the Brain Connectome project, the effect of music on brain function, novel MR and OCT imaging techniques for the lungs, and advanced ultrasound methodologies for tissue characterization.

«Maternal smoking in pregnancy may set children with asthma on a trajectory of poor lung function in later childhood, and other studies suggest this effect may be lifelong,» Whittaker Brown said in a journal news release.

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The effects of smoke on horses are similar to effects on humans: irritation of the eyes and respiratory tract, aggravation of conditions like heaves (recurrent airway obstruction), and reduced lung function.

She received a grant from the National Institute of Health's Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study the effects of exercise on pulmonary vascular function and received her PhD in physiology from the University of Missouri.