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 …

Evidence from epidemiological studies suggests that a diet high in fiber is associated with
better lung function and reduced risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The …

我nterleukin-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 involveyoungand 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. …

… , the proposed criteria, which are designed for the accurate diagnosis of AD for rigorous
research purposes, might in the future be used for clinical diagnosis in practice, at least foryoung…

… 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 ifyoung…

The frailty syndrome has recently attracted attention of the scientific community and public
health organizations as precursor and contributor of age-related conditions (particularly …

A theoretical model of wavelength modulation spectroscopy that uses a laser diode on a
Lorentzian absorption line is presented. This theory describes the general case of a current-…

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 …