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…
For the past few decades, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) treatment has been mostly limited to enzyme therapy. While this type of therapy is able to treat symptoms of…
For the past few decades, clinical trials related to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), have focused on getting more replacement therapy on the market. New areas of AATD research focus…
Bruce Given, MD explains how alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is most often associated with pulmonary disease in adults and liver disease in children. However, as treatment of adults…
New advancements in the field of alpha-1 antitrypsin research hold promise for the treatment and possible reversal of liver disease. Recent advances in the safety and viability of…
After two unsuccessful attempts to quit smoking, Jodell Kaiser paid a visit to Mayo Clinic and began using Varenicline, a drug that treats nicotine addiction. A study published…
Charlotte Collins, J.D., Senior Vice President, Policy and Programs, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, discusses the results from the AAFA Annual Report. According to the report, there…
Identifying altered genes in lung cancer tumors and using this treatment to target therapy for treating the disease has transformed the approach of cancer treatment. A new study…
Ziva D.Cooper, PhD, discusses the limitations doctors face when prescribing medical marijuana. Dr. Cooper explains that a lack of controlled studies and unknown risks to pulmonary health are…
The New Year often brings resolutions, including quitting smoking. Fifty years ago this month, the Surgeon General released the first report on smoking and health in the United…
