Pulmonology

Anne Dixon, MD, explains how it took 6 years to update recommendations for new asthma therapies.

Increased cumulative smoking was associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death.

More than two-thirds of smokers want to quit, but lack proper resources. A prescribing professional could help make up that difference.

The study underscores the importance of lowering air pollution concentrations below WHO guidelines.

A conversation on how associations between the chronic conditions have become better understood in 10 years.

A discussion around obesity's effect on asthma, and the newest recommendations for managed care.

To combat the deadliest cancer in the world, investigators are learning its origin in at-risk patients to prevent it altogether.

The new federal asthma management guidelines mark the first update of the guidance since 2007.

Many patients with paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder are misdiagnosed, and instead believe they are dealing with asthma. But in many cases, their symptoms do not respond to therapies.

New research adds to the case that some children are genetically more susceptible to allergic disease.

Oseltamivir and zanamivir are compared in acute treatment of patients with severe influenza type-A H1N1 in China.

Cigarette and smokeless tobacco use continues to decrease rapidly among teenagers, but e-cigarette use is on the rise.

There were similar rates of primary outcome events in the high-dose and standard-dose vaccination groups.

Long-term care facility residents and healthcare workers will receive the first of millions prepared doses in the US.

The last episode of 2020 caps advances and ongoing research into the most burdensome chronic respiratory disease in the US.

The recommendations are based on evidence from 6 systematic reviews.

Our annual series is touching on the stories in medicine that occurred during this unforgettable time.

Largest study of multiple health indicators over time finds widening disparities in health by race, despite increased targeted funding.

Patients with late-onset asthma and allergies had an increased risk of COPD as well as a heightened risk of landing in the “multiple disorders” comorbidity profile.

Liquidia Technologies plans on addressing FDA concerns regarding treprostinil.

Guidance based on procalcitonin concentration levels may useful in reducing duration of antibiotic treatment for sickle cell patients with acute chest syndrome.

Even study enrollees who never smoked traditional cigarettes face a heightened risk of respiratory disease if they used e-cigarettes.

Lung cancer interception research and strategies are trying to make up ground on the often-missed risk group.

A team of researchers share strategies to "map out" pre-cancer lung risks in their greater goal of interception.

Mortality linked to household air pollution has dropped by more than one-third in the past 2 decades, but the greatest improvements have come in countries where such pollution is not a major problem.

SimpleSENSE is a first-of-its-kind cloth-based diagnostic platform that can capture more than 100 million data points per patient per day across cardiac, pulmonary, and circulatory biomarkers.

A greater number of cumulative days of montelukast use did not increase the risk of ADHD in these patients.

A dual-guest interview on the current leading research into advanced lung cancer screening and detection.

ContagionLive releases their latest e-book on this year's flu season, which includes expert-led opinions and interviews.

Investigators conducted an educational intervention aimed at strengthening healthcare providers’ readiness to address issues related to medication adherence.