More Pneumonia & Lung Infection News

• Scientists Spot Key to Cystic Fibrosis Infections

  December 16 (HealthDay News) -- Blue-green pigments called phenazines that stain the mucus in the ...

• Drug-Resistant TB Declines in United States

  November 11 (HealthDay News) -- Running contrary to what is occurring elsewhere in the world, ...

• TB Strain Called a Growing Public Threat

  November 7 (HealthDay News) -- Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), is becoming more common and more ...

• Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major illnesses among Americans age 65 and ...

• Coconut Oil May Help Fight Childhood Pneumonia

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- Virgin coconut oil, added to antibiotic therapy, may help relieve ...

• Statins Reduced Death Risk from Pneumonia

  October 28 (HealthDay News) -- The death rate among people hospitalized for pneumonia was one-third ...

• Pneumonia Vaccine Lowers Chances of Heart Attack

  October 6 (HealthDay News) -- Being vaccinated against pneumonia halves the risk of having a ...

• U.S. Barred 33 TB-Infected People From Flying Over Past Year

  Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Thirty-three would-be air travelers with suspected or confirmed infectious tuberculosis ...

• Study Questions Flu Shot's Mortality Protection for Elderly

  August 29 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers are challenging the widely held belief that flu ...

• Early Childhood Factors Raise Risk for Snoring

  August 22 (HealthDay News) -- Suffering respiratory or ear infections in early childhood, having a ...

• Silver-Coated Ventilator Tubes Cut Risk of Pneumonia

  August 19 (HealthDay News) -- The use of silver-coated endotracheal tubes reduced the risk of ...

• Golf Course Insecticides Pose Little Danger to Players

  August 13 (HealthDay News) -- Residues of two insecticides widely used on golf courses do ...

• Drug Resistance Is Slowing Global Fight Against TB

  August 1 (HealthDay News) -- Standard methods of treating tuberculosis are failing in countries with ...

• Flu Vaccine Doesn't Protect Seniors From Pneumonia

  July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Flu vaccine may not protect older people from pneumonia once ...

• Health Hazards in Household Cleaners Exposed

  July 25 (HealthDay News) -- A clean, fresh-smelling home may actually be bad for your ...

• U.S. Immigrants Bearing More of the TB Burden

  July 22 (HealthDay News) -- In 2006, 57 percent of all tuberculosis cases in the ...

• Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in 2006

  July 3 (HealthDay News) -- In 2006, more than 1.2 million Americans -- roughly equivalent ...

• Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tubes Cut Down on Infections

  May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Endotracheal tubes coated with silver dramatically reduce infections from highly ...

• Study Finds Gender Disparity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

  May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Men checking into emergency departments with pneumonia are likely to ...