Aims: To quantify the prevalence of heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD)
in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and vice versa. Further, to …

Five experiments investigated the effect of power on social distance. Although increased social
distance has been suggested to be an underlying mechanism for a number of the effects …

Background Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), performing
some level of regular physical activity, have a lower risk of both COPD-related hospital …

Background There are limited data from randomized trials regarding whether volume-based,
low-dose computed tomographic (CT) screening can reduce lung-cancer mortality among …

Cell death is regulated mainly through an evolutionarily conserved form of cell suicide termed
apoptosis [1]. Deregulation of apoptosis has been associated with cancer, autoimmune …

Background The use of multidetector computed tomography (CT) in lung-cancer screening
trials involving subjects with an increased risk of lung cancer has highlighted the problem for …

Suppression of immune responses is necessary to limit damage to host tissue during inflammation,
but it can be detrimental in specific immune responses, such as sepsis and antitumor …

One week after fertilization, human embryos implant into the uterus. This event requires the
embryo to form a blastocyst consisting of a sphere encircling a cavity lodging the embryo …

Interleukin-3 (IL-3), IL-5, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor regulate the
survival, proliferation, and differentiation of hematopoietic lineages. Phosphatidylinositol 3-…

Aims To establish the prevalence of unrecognized heart failure in elderly patients with a
diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in a stable phase of their disease. Methods …