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NIH funds antibiotic trial for HIV and emphysema |  Cornell Chronicle

NIH funds antibiotic trial for HIV and emphysema | Cornell Chronicle

Weill Cornell Medicine received a five-year, $7.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study whether the antibiotic doxycycline can slow the progression of Chronic lung disease emphysema in people living with well-controlled HIV. “There are no treatments available to treat the progression of …

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Marijuana smoke harms the lungs of tobacco smokers, study finds

Marijuana smoke harms the lungs of tobacco smokers, study finds

Smoking weed while being a tobacco smoker can increase damage to the respiratory system, according to a new study. “There is a public perception that marijuana is safer than tobacco, and this study raises concerns that this may not be true,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Giselle Revah, an assistant professor at the Department …

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