As technology improves and more is learned about treatment for various conditions new guidelines are constantly being developed in the medical field. Once the guidelines are updated it becomes even more important to get that information into the field to help the patients who can benefit from them.
Four types of gut microbiota acquired in infancy may protect babies from developing asthma, according to findings published in Science Translational Medicine.
Patients who skip their follow up appointments with their pulmonologists after being hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are three times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients face risk factors related to falling such as comorbidities, smoking, history and/ or fear of falling, and number of medications.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risks may already occur in adolescence, according to findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
A new treatment option for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) was recently introduced, but it looks like old habits die hard when it comes to prescriptions.
Cystic fibrosis patients who lose pancreatic function are failing to avail themselves of operations that could replace their damaged organs and restore their ability to digest food and manage blood sugar.
With soldiers, sailors, and airmen deploying overseas their physical condition when they come back can be vastly different from when they first left. Finding the best ways to treat these patients has been the focus of recent studies on this topic.
For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), using a frame with wheels, handlebars, and a built-in seat resulted in the longest distance walked and the most time spent walking, according to a recent study.
The Framingham Heart Study has been one of the most in depth studies in the field of cardiology and medicine as a whole. A recent portion of the study looked at the impact of carbon monoxide exhalation and its role in patient health.
A transdermal tulobuterol patch may help patients with COPD exercise for longer at a relatively high intensity, Japanese researchers report.
While clinicians should always encourage their patients to follow their medication schedules, it proved not to be a significant factor in the outcomes in patients with asthma taking omalizumab, according to a poster session at the 2015 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting (ACAAI 2015) in San Antonio, Texas.
Asthma presents its own set of challenges, as does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). When characteristics from both merge together it causes asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS).
With the federal government leaving it to state and local entities to determine the age at which tobacco products can be purchased, an effort is underway to advance the age limit three years to 21.
Physical activity declines over time in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), independent of disease severity. This decline is also associated with worsening lung function and loss of quality of life and health status.
Asthma is a common problem in the medical community and even while there are many treatment options on the market, controlling symptoms of the condition continues to be an issue for patients and doctors alike.
With the number of patients diagnosed with COPD continuing to grow new treatment options are also needed to help these patients maintain a sustainable quality of life.
While the days of the solo practitioner hanging a shingle in their hometown winds to an end the healthcare community is now turning its attention to how teams can provide the best level of care to patients.
At the annual CHEST conference in Montreal one of the sessions looked at new guidelines for treating patients with sepsis in emergency medical care.
Healthcare providers are supposed to be one of the top advocates for no smoking, right? Well the amount of physicians still lighting up cigarettes is prevalent.
Researchers investigating the link between chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have found convincing evidence to support the co-occurrence of COPD and PTSD.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients could spend less time in the hospital if their doctors utilize a checklist of steps called order sets, according to a recent study.
Researchers have found that current smokers and those with chronic bronchitis are likely to have greater goblet cell density (GCD) than non-smokers or people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
A vitamin D deficiency makes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) worse, according to Nele Heulens, of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, and several colleagues.
Not all flu virus strains are created equal. After all, some are better equipped to transmit from host to host than others and new research has pinpointed an intricate factor that allows the virus to do so through the air.
