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November 14, 2019November 14, 2019

Parents of Children with Bronchiectasis Have More Anxiety, Depression, Study Reports

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Parents of children with bronchiectasis report higher levels of anxiety and depression, underscoring the need for more attention to the psychological well-being of parents, according to a study. The ... Read more

November 13, 2019

Rare Disease Film Festival Highlights Patient and Researcher Unity

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Rare disease-themed videos glowed on a large screen before an audience of people in wheelchairs, with crutches, and bearing oxygen tanks this Nov. 9 and 10 in San Francisco. ... Read more

November 12, 2019

Diet Suggestions to Support Health, Quality of Life of Bronchiectasis Patients: A Nutritionist’s View

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Bronchiectasis is a respiratory disease that affects nutritional status and quality of life. Being underweight and malnourished, due to increased energy and protein needs, as well as obesity, are ... Read more

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019

Bone Frailty High Among Bronchiectasis Patients, Study Suggests

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Bronchiectasis patients seem to have a higher prevalence of osteopenia (low bone density) and osteoporosis (severely weakened bones) at younger ages than the general population, a single-center study suggests. ... Read more

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

Alaxia Joins iABC Consortium to Accelerate Development of ALX-009, Its Lead Antimicrobial Agent

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Alaxia has joined the inhaled Antibiotics in Bronchiectasis and Cystic Fibrosis (iABC) consortium as a partner in a collaborative project that seeks to accelerate the development of two inhaled ... Read more

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019

Inhaled Ciprofloxacin May Help Prevent Bronchiectasis Exacerbation, but More Studies are Needed, Review Suggests

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Treatment with inhaled ciprofloxacin medications — such as Aradigm’s Apulmiq or Bayer’s Ciprofloxacin DPI investigational therapies — holds potential to prevent acute worsening of respiratory problems in patients with ... Read more

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

Bronchiectasis Affects More People in UK than Previously Thought, with Number of Cases Rising, Survey Says

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The incidence of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis is increasing in the United Kingdom (U.K.), with the number of cases much higher than previously thought, according to a survey commissioned by the ... Read more

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

Pregnancy-related Protein Linked to Chest Infections and Bronchiectasis Severity, Study Suggests

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A protein associated with pregnancy is linked to disease severity and frequent exacerbations in people with bronchiectasis and chronic chest infections (that are mostly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa), a ... Read more

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Recommended to Treat Non-severe Flare-ups of Bronchiectasis in Children, Trial Shows

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The combination of amoxicillin with clavulanate should remain the oral antibiotic of choice to treat non-severe flare-ups of bronchiectasis in children, results of a Phase 4 trial indicate. The ... Read more

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019

NORD 2019 Rare Disease Summit Set for Oct. 21-22 in Washington, DC

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Next month’s annual conference of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) in Washington, D.C., couldn’t come at a better time, says Marshall Summar, MD, chairman of NORD’s board ... Read more

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