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) – The cellular response to dexamethasone is reduced in overweight/obese patients with asthma relative to their lean counterparts, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of lung cancer is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, even after taking into account the effects of tobacco and asbestos…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who quit smoking after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery can expect to live 3 years longer than patients who continue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with recently diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the use of ipratropium may increase all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, US researchers report.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Improvements in the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) during early childhood have led to fewer infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and stable lung function…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) improves arterial blood oxygenation and decreases the need for…
Gerard J. Criner, MD, Director/Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses lung volume reduction surgery and the emergence of…
Dr. Joseph Schoepf at the Medical University of South Carolina talks about imaging pulmonary emboli with 16 or 64-slice CT scanning. References and Resources Perrier, A., et al.…
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease is a national coalition of patients, providers, community organizations, business and labor groups and health policy experts, committed to raising awareness of policies…
In a randomized placebo-controlled phase III trial called TIGER-1, the investigational cystic fibrosis drug denufosol significantly improved large airway function. Sponsored by The Doctor’s Channel
