This video provides a comprehensive overview of pediatric asthma, focusing on how to approach a wheezing child. It differentiates between stridor and wheezing, explaining their causes and characteristics…
In this detailed webinar on systemic mastocytosis, Dr. Miti introduces Professor Prithviraj Bose, an expert in the field, who discusses the complexities of diagnosing and managing systemic mastocytosis…
The FDA issued a Public Health Advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and caregivers to new safety warnings concerning Chantix (varenicline), a prescription medication used to help…
Paula Busse, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the clinical signs and course of hereditary angioedema. References and Resources Williams Y,…
Paula Busse, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses hereditary angioedema. References and Resources Vacca VM Jr. Hereditary angioedema: a case study.…
The FDA announced a nationwide recall of all lots of heparin and saline pre-filled flush syringes due to contamination with Serratia marcescens, a bacterium that can cause serious…
Paula Busse, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the role of Chinese herbal treatments for asthma. References and Resources Busse PJ,…
Paula Busse, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the role of TNFα treatments in asthma. References and Resources Busse PJ, Zhang…
Paula Busse, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses asthma in the elderly. References and Resources Ko J, Busse PJ, Shek LP,…
CDC advisers have recommended that for children ages 2 to 10 at risk for invasive meningococcal disease, the quadrivalent conjugate vaccine Menactra is preferable to the polysaccharide vaccine…
The FDA has approved Zyrtec-D for nonprescription use in adults and children 12 years of age and older. References and Resources FDA Approves Nonprescription Zyrtec-D for Allergies Click…
Mepolizumab, an IL-5 inhibitor, failed to alleviate moderate persistent asthma symptoms in a phase II trial of patients resistant to corticosteroids. References and Resources Flood-Page P, Swenson C,…
