Mastering public health
Imperial launches its first public health online degree
The Global Master of Public Health, developed alongside Coursera, is Imperial's first fully-online degree in the health field.
Stories tagged with 'lung disease'
Boosting TB Tests
New blood tests for TB could accelerate diagnosis and save the NHS money
Rapid blood tests used by the NHS are unable to rule out tuberculosis (TB) and should be replaced with a new, more accurate test, a study has found.
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Future of Surgery
A new wave of technology is set to transform surgery for millions of patients
An independent commission has predicted that surgery is about to be transformed for millions of patients by a new wave of technologies.
Prednisone promise
Anti-inflammatory drug reduces key complication risk in HIV-positive TB patients
Trial finds that prednisone can reduce the risk of TB-IRIS – a serious complication seen in HIV-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Asthma research
Using Big Data to unravel asthma
Asthma is not a single disease but actually a complex of different conditions with fundamentally different underlying molecular machinery
TB VACCINE
Potential tuberculosis vaccine shows early promise in clinical trial
Ongoing clinical trial yields positive preliminary results for candidate tuberculosis (TB) vaccine M72/AS01E1.
TB STRATEGY
Childhood TB burden could be reduced by better targeting of high-risk households
Study reveals untapped potential of household contact management strategies as UN General Assembly gathers for first-ever high-level meeting on TB.
Ease the wheeze
Exposure to farmyard bugs reduces immune overreaction found in childhood asthma
Treating new born mice with farmyard microbes reduces wheezing and inflammation in the airways, by ‘taming’ their immune systems.
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Chronic disease failings
Most nations falling short of targets to cut early deaths from chronic disease
People in the UK, US and China have a higher risk of dying early from chronic conditions than those in Italy, France, South Korea and Australia.
MIGHTY MOLECULE
CD153: the molecule with potential protective power against TB infection
A study published this week in Nature Microbiology identifies the molecule CD153 as potentially key to controlling tuberculosis (TB) infection.
