ATS 2012, SAN FRANCISCO – Tuberculosis independently predicts death from lung cancer in the elderly, according to a new study from researchers in Hong Kong. "There is a high incidence of both ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with COPD in South Korea, with an intermediate tuberculosis burden, history of pulmonary TB was ...

Tuberculosis (TB) infections are surging in England, figures show, as officials urge healthcare providers to look out for ...

Fred Sesti, nurse practitioner with Regional Medical Associates, Jackson agreed to help explain tuberculosis. Question: Could you explain what tuberculosis is and how it affects the body? Answer: ...

New research provides compelling evidence of increased lung cancer risk among people with tuberculosis. Although a clear association of tuberculosis with lung cancer remains to be established, a new ...

TAICHUNG, Taiwan, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Evidence indicates tuberculosis patients are at greater risk of getting lung cancer, researchers in Taiwan say. Researchers at China Medical University and Hospital ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Previous tuberculosis in Gambian children was significantly associated with impaired lung function and ...

Two new studies cast light on disease processes in tuberculosis (TB), identifying key genetic changes that cause damage in the lungs and a drug treatment that could speed up recovery. The findings are ...

**Note: the release below is a special early release from the ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID, Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 April). Please credit the congress if you use this story** **ECCMID has ...

An estimated two billion people worldwide are currently latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) and there are approximately 9.3 million new cases of active tuberculosis (TB) and 1.7 ...

Andrew Speaker, the tuberculosis patient who caused an international public health scare in May, underwent successful surgery Tuesday to remove a diseased portion of his right lung, hospital officials ...