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Adult with bronchial asthma using a nebulizer during a telemedicine video visit on a laptop at home

Telemedicine in Bronchial Asthma Improves Control and Quality of Life

January 2026

Telemedicine in bronchial asthma improved asthma control, especially using telemonitoring, education, or combined support programs.

Clinician reviewing a child’s respiratory plan, reflecting variation in preschool wheeze management.

Preschool Wheeze Management Varies Across Care

Interviews with UK clinicians found inconsistent terminology and testing gaps that drive variation in preschool wheeze management.

Endoscopic lung volume reduction valves used for emphysema treatment, highlighting sex differences in quality of life outcomes

Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Shows Sex Differences

Endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR) is increasingly used in COPD with severe hyperinflation, yet sex specific outcome data have been limited.

Lung cancer blood test using FT-IR microspectroscopy to identify a circulating tumour cell in a cytospun blood sample.

New Blood Test Detects Single Lung Cancer Cell

FT-IR microspectroscopy blood test detected a single circulating tumor cell in one patient with lung cancer, cytospun raw blood sample.

Concept illustration of gut microbiota and lungs connected through the gut-lung axis during SARS-CoV-2 infection, highlighting rifaximin as a proposed gut-targeted therapy.

SARS-CoV-2 Infection May Disrupt the Gut-Lung Axis

SARS-CoV-2 infection may drive gut dysbiosis that amplifies lung inflammation and rifaximin could help interrupt this axis overall.

Patient stubbing out a cigarette

Cigarette Smoking and Cardiovascular Risk Drops After Quitting

Cigarette smoking increased cardiovascular risks at 2–5 cigarettes daily; cessation rapidly lowered risk within ten years, overall.

Child receiving pneumococcal vaccination to reduce resistant gut bacteria risk

Pneumococcal Vaccination May Curb Resistant Gut Bacteria

In this cross-sectional community-based study, investigators assessed whether routine pneumococcal vaccination and rotavirus vaccination influence colonization in children younger than 15.

lung transplantation highlighting a C3 gene variant and immune mediated chronic rejection

Gene Variant May Drive Lung Transplant Rejection

C3 gene variation may clarify why some lung transplant recipients develop chronic rejection over time.

Global concept illustration of cytomegalovirus lower respiratory infections and disease burden across world regions.

Cytomegalovirus Drives Global Lower Respiratory Infection Burden

Global estimates show cytomegalovirus linked lower respiratory infections remain a persistent cause of death worldwide.

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