Environmental Lung Disease (RFG2) News

A new study will investigate whether levels of the lung protein CC16 in childhood can predict risk of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease later in life.

In fact, an Amish community in northern Indiana is considered one of the least-allergic populations ever measured in the developed world.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers are testing Broncho-Vaxom® in children to see if it can stop asthma before symptoms ever appear.
U of A researchers say reduced exposure to bacteria may prevent the immune system from developing properly, which can increase the risk of asthma in children.

The Fulbright Program encourages researchers to maintain relationships abroad, whilst staying true to the University's mission.

7 University of Arizona faculty members named Fulbright scholars, which exemplify the high quality of the U of A’s faculty, the research they conduct and the education that the U of A provides.

The mix of chemicals in the atmosphere, and hotter and longer days during the summer, lead to more air quality alerts.

Scientists at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center are hoping the answer to that question will be found in the Binational Early Asthma and Microbiome Study, or BEAMS. Researchers are following pregnant women and their babies to learn how early-life environmental exposures and factors such as dust, water and diet affect asthma risk.

Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs. One of the only ways to diagnose it requires an invasive procedure.