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Diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), also known as interstitial lung disease, refers to a group of lung diseases, affecting the alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, perivascular and perilymphatic tissues. The term DPLD is used to distinguish these diseases from obstructive airways diseases. Most types of DPLD involve fibrosis, but this is not essential; indeed fibrosis is often a later feature. Hence the term pulmonary fibrosis has fallen out of favor ...
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- American Lung Association
- Atlas of the Body: The Respiratory System -- Structure Detail (American Medical Association)
Pulmonary Fibrosis News Headlines
- InterMune Discontinues Phase 3 INSPIRE Trial Of Actimmune In Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- New Index For Measuring Liver Fibrosis
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals And Lantibio Announce Positive Phase II Study With Novel Cystic Fibrosis Therapy
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Cystic Fibrosis: An Incomplete Success Story
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- New Therapy To Alleviate The Symptoms Of Cystic Fibrosis - ShaRe International
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- A New Index For Measuring Liver Fibrosis
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- United Therapeutics Announces Pulmonary Hypertension Opinion Leaders' Guidance On Intravenous Therapies
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Statement On The Passing Of Congressman Charlie Norwood (R-GA), By John Kirkwood, American Lung Association President & CEO
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Genetic conditions often lead to insurance refusal
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:01 EST
- Why Only Some Cystic Fibrosis Patients Respond To Treatments That Prevent The Generation Of ...
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Invests More Than $3 Million To Expand Clinical Research Capabilities Nationwide
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Lung Function Decline In Smokers Slowed By Higher Physical Activity Level
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
- Cells In The Lung Clear The Air To Prevent Lung Damage
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Two Inhalers Are Better Than One For Common Lung Disease
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Why Only Some Cystic Fibrosis Patients Respond To Treatments That Prevent The Generation Of Truncated Proteins
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- DVT Treatment Vacuums Away Blood Clots Prevents Disability
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Cells In The Lung Clear The Air To Prevent Lung Damage
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Nonsurgical Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Treatment Vacuums Away Damaging Blood Clots And Restores Blood Flow In The Leg
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Garlic may help cystic fibrosis patients
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:28 EST
- Higher Physical Activity Level Slows Lung Function Decline In Smokers
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Respiratory Distress In Newborns Could Potentially Be Rare Genetic Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Breakthrough Could Prevent Multiple Fibrotic Diseases: Tests Find Protein Stops Fibrosis In ...
ScienceDaily - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Combo Treatment Works Best for COPD
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:28 EST
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ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Combo Treatment Works Best for COPD
WebMD - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Drug Controls High-altitude Illness
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Alveolus, Inc. Launches AERO(TM) Hybrid Tracheobronchial Stent System In U.S.
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Waist-to-hip ratio linked to gas exchange
The Earth Times - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:54 EST
- Garlic Hope In Cystic Fibrosis Infection Fight
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Newsbriefs From The Journal Chest, February 2007
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Baby's Breath: Newborns With Respiratory Distress Potentially Have Rare Genetic Disease
ScienceDaily - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- MRI Contrast Agent Linked To Complication In Renal Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Respiratory Research About To Experience Influx Of Talented Young Scientists, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- What Makes Epithelial Cells Change Their Identity?
ScienceDaily - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Screening may improve cystic fibrosis outcomes
Reuters - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:26 EST
- What Makes Epithelial Cells Change Their Identity?
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Cystic Fibrosis: Scientist Members Of The Physiological Society Speak Out
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:00 EST
- Filamins Tether Cystic Fibrosis Protein To Cell Surface
ScienceDaily - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Cincinnati Researchers Publish Pioneering Work Characterizing The Basis For Predisposition To Infection In Deadly Lung Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Role In Asthma For Old Drug
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Isolated Septal Fibrosis Or Hematoma - Atypical Peyronie's Disease?
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Asthma Has New Role For Old Drug
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Patients Helped To Breathe Easier With Helium
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Filamins Tether CFTR To The Cell Surface
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- MRI Contrast Agent Linked To Rare Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- MRI Contrast Agent Linked To Rare Disease
ScienceDaily - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Cbl-b Resists Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Codman's DURAFORM™ Implant Receives Two New Indications For Use In Europe
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Third Wave Submits 510(k) To FDA For InPlex(TM) Cystic Fibrosis Molecular Test
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Combination therapy reduces emphysema flare-ups
Reuters - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:28 EST
- New Treatment Hope For Systemic Sclerosis
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- Early Defense Mechanism Resists Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection In Mice
ScienceDaily - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- NIH Gives PITT $13 Million Grant For Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Research
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- Sequella Receives FDA Fast Track Status For TB Drug
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Combo treatment cuts asthma attacks
The Earth Times - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:09 EST
- COPD: Fourth Leading Cause Of Death In US
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
- Combination Therapy Reduces Exacerbations In Severe COPD
ScienceDaily - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- New Treatment Hope For Systemic Sclerosis
ScienceDaily - Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Exacerbations In Severe COPD Reduced By Combination Therapy
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- Gilead cystic fibrosis drug fares well in trial
Reuters - Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:31 EST
- Use Of Corticosteroid Inhalers For The Treatment Of Asthma And COPD To Increase
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Cough And Phlegm Cause Fourfold Increase In COPD Incidence
ScienceDaily - Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Leading Scientists Discussed Associated Diseases And Novel Therapies At Scientific Meeting On Pulmonary Hypertension
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:00 EST
- Newly Discovered Immune Defense May Be Impaired In Cystic Fibrosis Airways
ScienceDaily - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Churchgoes Breathe Easier
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- United Therapeutics Affiliate Initiates First-Ever Gene-Therapy Trial For Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- PARI's EFlow In Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Trial Of L-arginine
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Go To Church And Breathe Easier
ScienceDaily - Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Improve From Combination Therapy
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Scientific Meeting on Pulmonary Hypertension December 7-8
National Institutes of Health - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:40 EST
- Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Improve From Combination Therapy
ScienceDaily - Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- New Recommendations For The Diagnosis Of Pulmonary Embolism
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
- Combination Therapy Eases Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
MedicineNet - Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
- Proteins May Predict Lung Transplant Rejection
ScienceDaily - Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Drawing Skills Linked To Mortality In Patients With COPD
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:00 EST
- US Fast Tracks Bronchitol For Cystic Fibrosis
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Fibrosis Patients Who used Pulmozyme Experienced A Slower Rate Of Lung Function Decline And An Immediate Improvement In Lung Function
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Northern Therapeutics And MaxCyte Initiate Landmark Engineered Cell Therapy Trial For Fatal Lung Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- New Drug For Deep Vein Thrombosis Eases Treatment Regimen
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Newly Discovered Proteins Associated With Cystic Fibrosis
ScienceDaily - Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Anti-cancer Drug Shows Early Promise In Pulmonary Hypertension
ScienceDaily - Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Newly Discovered Immune Defense May Be Impaired In CF Airways
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:00 EST
- Anti-cancer Drug Shows Early Promise In Pulmonary Hypertension
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Illicit Cosmetic Silicone Injections Carry Lethal Consequences
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:00 EST
- Illicit silicone injections can be lethal
Reuters - Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:30 EST
- Researchers Identify Molecule That Causes Destructive Lung Inflammation In Cystic Fibrosis Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:00 EST
- Churchgoers breathe easier, study finds
MSNBC - Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:42 EST
- Illicit Cosmetic Silicone Injections Carry Lethal Consequences
ScienceDaily - Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Molecule That Causes Destructive Lung Inflammation Identified In Cystic Fibrosis Patients
ScienceDaily - Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Launches New Web Site
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Health Tip: Understanding Pulmonary Hypertension
MedicineNet - Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
- NHLBI And CMS Launch Large Study Of Home Oxygen Therapy For COPD
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:00 EST
- PTC Therapeutics Announces Positive Phase 2 Results For PTC124 In Cystic Fibrosis
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Dermatologists Provide Unique Evidence Of Possible Cause Of Rare Skin Condition
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Wider Use Of Home Oxygen Therapy Could Save Thousands Of Lives, Says RAND Study
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Updated Lung Disease Guidelines Aim To Reduce World's Fourth Largest Killer
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Sildenafil Prevents Rebound Pulmonary Hypertension In Infants
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Heart Catheters Do Not Benefit Patients, BMJ
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:00 EST
- Genzyme Launches New Cystic Fibrosis Gene Sequencing Test
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- A Simple, Noninvasive Test Measures Survival Time In Adult Pulmonary Hypertension
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:00 EST
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