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…
This video features a presentation at the Best of Lung 2023 conference. Jaime Schneider, MD discusses the latest advancements in targeted therapies for lung cancer. They highlight the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, tight perioperative control of blood glucose levels is linked to a lower risk of, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intensive treatment to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduces carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a secondary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) appear to be at increased risk for vascular disease, especially acute coronary syndrome and deep-vein thrombosis, new…
Victor Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses COPD risk factors, and current research and developments in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a large study of high-risk hypertensive patients, treatment with the angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor benazepril plus the calcium-channel blocker amlodipine proved more effective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the initial evaluation of elevated blood pressure in children, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a highly cost-effective means of differentiating stage…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using a transradial rather than a transfemoral approach for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can reduce vascular access complications and shorten the hospital stay,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a new study reaffirm the importance of treating heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) with statins, linking therapy with reductions in all-cause,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vitamin D deficiency is associated with myocardial dysfunction, sudden cardiac death (SCD), and death due to heart failure, German researchers report. Vitamin D,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As prophylaxis against ventilator-associated pneumonia, the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum 299 (Lp299) is as effective as the antiseptic chlorhexidine in reducing the pathogenic…
