Anesthesia machines can become COVID-19 ventilators

To compensate for a lack of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have started to convert anesthesia machines into breathing machines.

Maud Alobawone-Rutgers • futurity
April 7, 2020 ~1 min

Tool predicts who’ll get seriously sick from COVID-19

A new artificial intelligence tool predicts which patients will develop severe respiratory disease due to COVID-19. It could help fight the spread.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
March 30, 2020 ~6 min


Team builds ventilators from $300 worth of parts

A team has developed an automated bag valve mask ventilator to help patients in treatment for COVID-19. "This is as simple as it can get, with all readily available parts."

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
March 30, 2020 ~4 min

Family exposure to TB puts kids at high risk

Young children exposed to tuberculosis (TB) have a surprisingly high risk of developing the disease, new research shows.

Erin Digitale-Stanford • futurity
March 23, 2020 ~6 min

Protein signals if non-small cell lung cancer will spread

A newly identified protein indicates which non-small cell lung cancer is more likely to metastasize.

Carolyn Scofield-Tulane • futurity
March 12, 2020 ~4 min

‘Language of cells’ could uncover new asthma, allergy treatments

"We're getting in line with how cells talk... We expect to see real improvements in severe asthma and allergy patients."

Fred Mamoun-Yale • futurity
Feb. 6, 2020 ~4 min

Car pollution is a major source of ultrafine particles

Auto emissions are key to the creation of "ultrafine particles," which have been linked to health problems and birth defects, researchers say.

Keith Randall-Texas A&M • futurity
Feb. 5, 2020 ~4 min

After infection, lung immune cells remember for next time

After recovering from an infection, immune cells in the lungs remember the battle for next time, which may boost defenses against pneumonia.

Boston University • futurity
Jan. 29, 2020 ~3 min


Vaping ups risk of self-reported COPD

A study finds that people who vape have a higher risk of self-reported COPD, the third leading cause of death associated with smoking.

Susanne Pallo-Rochester • futurity
Jan. 9, 2020 ~3 min

The chemicals that flavor vape liquid damage DNA

Although vaping is safer than regular smoking in the short term, new findings indicate long-term health risks from the flavorings.

Mark Michaud-Rochester • futurity
Dec. 19, 2019 ~3 min

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