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…
The FDA has advised that asthma patients need to switch to hydrofluoroalkane (HFA)-propelled albuterol inhalers instead of the ones that use chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). References and Resources FDA Albuterol…
The Federal Aviation Administration has barred pilots and air traffic controllers from using the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix), due to some occurrences of seizures, heart attacks, vision…
Using a multivariate regression analysis, it has been shown that people with a common genetic mutation have up to twice the risk of lung cancer as do people…
Victor Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses the effects of statins in patients with COPD using the…
Jed Gorden, MD, Director, Interventional Pulmonology, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, discusses interventional pulmonology and novel techniques for the diagnosis of lung diseases. References and Resources Gasparini S.…
Jed Gorden, MD, Director of Interventional Pulmonology, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, discusses interventional pulmonology. References and Resources Gillissen A. American Thoracic Society Annual International Congress. Expert Opin…
Investigators studied the relationship between migraine, triptans, and asthma retrospectively, and found that having migraines or taking triptans does not appear to be associated with development of asthma.…
Ralph W. Aye, MD, Program Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, discusses the possibility of the use of sputum analysis for lung cancer screening. References…
Ralph W. Aye, MD, Program Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, shares his thoughts on the cost of lung cancer screening. Sponsored by The Doctor’s…
According to results of a multicenter randomized clinical trial, patients with advanced NSCLC derived no benefit from the addition of sorafenib (Nexavar) to chemotherapy. References and Resources Scagliotti…
