Eating and breathing: essentials for life

Many people are surprised to learn that foods and diet can affect breathing, especially if they have a chronic lung condition, such as asthma, bronchitis or emphysema. Recent air quality advisories in the Alberni Valley can impact people living with chronic...

WAAY-TV weather legend Adrian Gibson passes away

Adrian Gibson, a meteorologist on WAAY-TV 31 here in Huntsville, passed away recently. Adrian was a weather legend here in the Tennessee Valley. FaceBook / Adrian Gibson Adrian started working at what would become WAAY-TV 31 in the early 1970s. Prior to working for...

Green light from FDA for CT lung-imaging software

A technology that started in a University of Michigan Medical School lab may soon help lung disease patients around the world breathe a little easier, by helping their doctors make a clearer diagnosis and more individualized treatment plan. Imbio, a startup launched...

Vitamin D reduces lung disease flare-ups

Vitamin D as an adjuvant to conventional breast cancer therapy (PTI) Vitamin D supplements can reduce lung disease flare-ups by over 40 percent in patients with a vitamin D deficiency, show a clinical trial. Flare-ups are when a COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary...

How lungs protect themselves from infection

Scientists have taken an important step toward a new class of antibiotics aimed at stopping lung infections. They found that a protein found in large airways, called “SPLUNC1,” binds to lipids critical to defending against bacterial and viral infections,...