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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
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…