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October 16th 2024
Patients who underwent FESS required less medication and had fewer allergy and pulmonology visits than patients who did not have surgery.
Boehringer Ingelheim Announces $35 Monthly Price Cap on Inhalers for Asthma, COPD Patients
March 7th 2024On March 07, 2024, Boehringer Ingelheim announced it would be instituting a $35 per month out-of-pocket cost cap for its portfolio of inhaler products, with this cap going into effect on June 01, 2024.
Few Benefits Observed with Rapid Respiratory Virus Testing in Emergency Departments
This analysis looked into whether rapid respiratory virus testing in patients with suspected acute respiratory infection was linked to such outcomes as antibiotic use decrease and hospitalization.
Experts' Perspectives: How to Address a Lack of Diversity in Clinical Trials
March 1st 2024In the final part of our 3-part series, our panel of experts discuss what their fields and its leaders could do to make sure this lack of diversity in trials does not continue. These responses are highlighted in the following video and transcribed below.
Experts' Perspectives: How Lack of Trial Diversity Impacts Treatment Development
March 1st 2024In part 2 of our 3-part series on the impact of clinical trials lacking diversity, we are spotlighting responses to our second question, which addresses how the previously established lack of diversity in clinical trials has had a direct effect on the development and application of new therapies or devices in real-world settings.
Experts' Perspective: How a Historic Lack of Diversity Manifests in Real-World Care
March 1st 2024In part 1 of our 3-part series on the impact of clinical trials lacking diversity, we are spotlighting responses to our first question, which sought to encapsulate the perspectives of our group of experts on how a historic lack of diversity in clinical trials has manifested itself in today’s care of patients from diverse backgrounds.
Experts' Perspectives: How Lacking Clinical Trial Diversity Impacts Public Health
March 1st 2024This article serves as a landing page for our 3-part series spotlighting how a lack of diversity in clinical trials has had a deleterious downstream effect on real-world care for people of color in the US, with perspective from experts across more than half a dozen specialties.
Optimal Treatment Sequence Identified for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Additional research may be necessary to look at the sequence of epinephrine administration and advanced airway management in settings in which alternative epinephrine administration strategies are utilized.
60 Years of Progress: How the 1964 Surgeon General Report has Shaped Modern Healthcare
January 31st 2024In this feature, we acknowledge the impact of the 1964 Surgeon General report, its subsequent effect on public health, and present-day hurdles to optimized public health efforts through the eyes of our editorial advisory board members and other leading experts.
Reflecting on the 1964 Surgeon General Report with Viet Le, DMSc, PA-C
January 29th 2024In recognition of 60 years since the historic contribution to modern understanding of the harmful effects of cigarette smoking, Albert Rizzo, MD, meets with the preventive cardiology expert to discuss the myriad of cascading effects delivered by the 1964 report.