Mysterious White Blood Cell Disorder Not Just ‘AIDS Without HIV’
Decades after its discovery, the emerging view of idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL) — popularly dubbed “AIDS without HIV” — is that it may be more homogeneous than originally thought, despite patients being prone to various cancers and opportunistic infections. In 91 individuals with this disorder of the immune system, the most common opportunistic infections contracted […]
Unhealthy Lifestyle Factors Into Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lifestyle habits may contribute to individual risk for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), researchers found in the U.K. Biobank. In comparison to more “favorable” lifestyles, an “unfavorable” lifestyle was associated with a greater IPF risk (HR 2.271, 95% CI 1.852-2.785), as was an “intermediate” lifestyle (HR 1.384, 95% CI 1.218-1.574), reported Yaohua Tian, PhD, of Tongji […]