Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common comorbid disease in lung cancer,
estimated to affect 40–70% of lung cancer patients, depending on diagnostic criteria. As …

The clinical utility of spirometric screening of asymptomatic smokers for early signs of air flow
limitation has recently come under review. The current authors propose that reduced forced …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and nearly 90% of cases are
attributable to smoking. Quitting smoking and early diagnosis of lung cancer, through …

Interleukin-8 (IL-8) and closely related Glu-Leu-Arg (ELR) containing CXC chemokines,
including growth-related oncogene (GRO)α, GROβ, GROγ, and epithelial cell-derived neutrophil-…

… In the present study, which involve young and elderly subjects the error of toe-off and
heelstrike detection is less that 5 ms (95%), with a systematic delay for heelstrike time of 10 ms. …

… As the field is quite young, recommendations on the use of SG in people with ND are still …
As the field is young, less evidence is available on the efficacy of SG specifically designed for …

… HR of these psychiatric outcomes is particularly elevated in younger patients with psoriasis,
with depression having the highest HR in patients with severe psoriasis (especially if young …

In the past 8 years, both the International Working Group (IWG) and the US National Institute
on Aging–Alzheimer's Association have contributed criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is classically defined as a dual clinicopathological entity. The recent
advances in use of reliable biomarkers of AD that provide in-vivo evidence of the disease …

Publisher Summary This chapter explains that growth hormone itself exercises no direct
metabolic action on skeletal tissue, but rather acts through a second substance, which is …