People with cystic fibrosis are at risk for two common bone diseases: osteoporosis and osteopenia. Here Terry Wright, who has CF, gets a bone density scan with UAMS employee Melissa Bryan while ...

Multi-omics analysis of human kidney PDGFRβ+ mesenchymal cells quantified over 14,000 biomolecules across 8 time points, ...

Waist-to-height ratio had a better predictive value than BMI in assessing liver fibrosis and steatosis outcomes across ages and racial groups.

Quitting smoking offers significant lung recovery, though some damage remains permanent, especially in long-term smokers in ...

aResearch Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain bGenomics Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de ...

CT examinations, also called CT scans (or “CAT scans”), are excellent for showing bones and osteophytes (bone spurs). CT examinations are also useful in providing guidance for therapeutic and ...

The best test to determine the state of your bones is called a DEXA scan, also known as a bone density test. A bone density test is a low-level X-ray measuring important bone sites. The most commonly ...

Lucy Parker, 35, went in for a CT scan for another health problem only to be warned that she was at risk of non-alcoholic ...

bDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA cDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA dTranslational Medicine Research Institute, The Hospital ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating interstitial lung disease with a bleak prognosis. Mounting evidence suggests that IPF shares bio-molecular similarities with lung cancer. Given the ...

As the authors reported in Radiology Case Reports, the patient had no history of cancer and had no pain, weakness, numbness, ...

Sionna Therapeutics, Inc. announced that preclinical data on its novel cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment candidates, SION-451 and SION-719, will be presented at the European Cystic Fibrosis Society ...