Pulmonology

Living in rural areas and coal burning for heat were found to be risk factors for developing COPD.

African-American patients with moderate or severe sleep apnea have twice, or 3.5 times, the risk of resistant hypertension, respectively.

Pulmonary rehab is a program of exercise and education that is proven to increase exercise capacity, reduce symptoms, and elevate quality of life for patients, and is recommended in all major professional society guidelines in the US, Europe, and Canada.

The Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi-collaborated biologic became a tour de force in pulmonological care in 2019.

The Spiration Valve System treats emphysema by blocking air from entering diseased areas of the lung.

The FDA has accepted a Biologics License Application as well as granted Priority Review for the gene therapy that treats spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1.

Patients frequently report not receiving sufficient information about COPD and how to manage it, investigators noted.

Investigators found that among adolescents that began as never users, e-cigarette users were more likely to become experimental, infrequent or frequent combustible cigarette users.

Many trials for monoclonal antibody therapies for asthma reported small percentages of African American or Hispanic participants, and some didn’t report racial/ethnic demographics at all.

The biologic AR101 was previously shown to significantly desensitize peanut allergies in a pediatric and adolescent patient population.