A mother-of-two claims she suffered a blood clot in her lungs after having the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – and doctors have told her not to take the second jab. Beckie Wilson, 35, from Stoke-on-Trent, had her first dose on March 11 but says she quickly began to experience a shortness of breath. … Read more
A species of frog just needs to inflate its lungs to ensure it hears the calls of potential mates over background noise, just like noise cancelling headphones, a study reveals. US researchers used precise laser measurements of the eardrums of the American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) in response to sound. When the lungs were … Read more
A drug that could improve blood flow in the lungs of Covid patients will be trialled at NHS hospitals in Reading, Oxford and Cardiff to see if it can boost survival odds. Doctors led by Oxford University scientists will test how effective almitrine bismesylate, a lung stimulant, is at treating seriously ill Covid patients. The … Read more
The Kent coronavirus variant may be deadlier than the original strain because it multiplies faster inside the lungs, SAGE scientists warned today. Britain’s Covid fight was dealt another blow on Friday when Boris Johnson revealed the new variant was about 30 per cent more lethal than the virus which first came out of China. It … Read more
A trauma surgeon says lungs of recovered COVID-19 patients look far worse than even those of smokers. Dr Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, an assistant professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, has been treating thousand of people ill with the disease since the pandemic exploded in March. She said X-rays of smokers’ lungs are a bit … Read more
Vaping could put you at the same risk of getting heart disease as smoking cigarettes, research suggests. Public Health England claims e-cigarettes are ’95 per cent safer than traditional tobacco’ and encourages smokers to make the switch. But researchers have found the devices may trigger changes in cholesterol linked to killer heart disease, similar to … Read more
An unshakable cough, shortness of breath and constant lung infections are a reality of daily life for thousands suffering chronic bronchitis. Even the most basic household chore can feel like a struggle for those with the long-term condition, which is triggered by inflammation in the lungs. There is no cure and treatments such as inhalers … Read more
Damaged lungs from a deceased donor are often too damaged to be transplanted into someone in need of the life-saving organ. But scientists have found a way to improve the state of lungs which are deemed too battered to be of any use. A host of scientists at both Columbia and Vanderbilt University channelled their inner … Read more
A third of Covid-19 survivors may suffer long-term damage to their lungs that leaves them struggling to breathe, according to research. Other nasty coronaviruses — such as SARS and MERS — are already known to cause ‘persistent’ harm to the lungs. But evidence on Covid-19 is murky, given scientists only spotted the life-threatening pathogen six … Read more
Wearing a mask that covers both your mouth and nose is crucial to protecting yourself (and others) from coronavirus, because the nostrils are particularly vulnerable to infection, new research shows. Although its coronavirus’s devastating effects on the lungs that land patients in the ICU, University of North Carolina (UNC) scientists found that the virus typically … Read more