Saturday May 16, 2009, 12:13 am
"Brent Kinder, MD, Frank McCormack, MD, and Jared Hagaman, MD, working with colleagues in the division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at UC, found that patients with LAM were more likely to participate in clinical trials because of a shared cause and a feeling of altruism, as opposed to personal benefit.

In addition, this team found that CT scans given to young women who come to the emergency room for the first time with a collapsed lung are cost-effective and beneficial.

These findings will be presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Diego May 15-20.

LAM is a rare but serious lung disease that occurs when an unusual type of cell begins to grow out of control and spread to restricted areas in the body, including the lungs, kidneys, lymph nodes and vessels."

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