Dupilumab Improves Lung Function for Kids With Asthma Adding monoclonal antibody led to rapid and sustained improvements, study showed Oct 18, 2021
Quitting Smoking Tied to Slower Motor Decline in Multiple Sclerosis Analysis suggests smoking cessation has benefits in MS Oct 17, 2021
Two Factors Tied to Risk of Antibiotic Failure in Pneumonia Patients Male sex, older age linked with treatment failure in hospitalized CAP patients Oct 15, 2021
CHEST 2021: Pandemic Still Dominates 18 Months In But the rest of respiratory and thoracic medicine gets its due, too Oct 15, 2021
Egg-Free Flu Shot Works for Kids Novel platform for growing virus to make vaccine on par with traditional egg-based vaccine Oct 13, 2021
Some Teens Want to Quit Vaping: Pediatricians Can Help Anne Griffiths, MD, discusses vaping trends, risks for COVID, and more Oct 13, 2021
Pandemic Sleeplessness: Are Kids Tossing and Turning as Much as Adults? Children seem to suffer from less "coronasomnia" but melatonin sales still shot up Oct 11, 2021
Can the Death Rattle Be Silenced? Randomized trial says yes, but results may be challenging to put into practice Oct 05, 2021
Vaccine Could Be Shot in the Arm Against RSV in Older Adults CYPRESS proof-of-concept study shows high efficacy against acute illness Oct 03, 2021
It's Possible to Reduce Unneeded Antibiotic Scripts in Primary Care AHRQ program scores a win for antibiotic stewardship Oct 01, 2021
Radiation or Surgery in Early Lung Cancer: Does It Make a Difference? Ablative radiation still noninferior to VATS after longer follow-up Sep 24, 2021
How Many Deaths Will New Cigarette Warnings Prevent? Modeling study comes up with big numbers Sep 24, 2021
COVID Deaths Surpass 1918 Flu Deaths COVID's toll not as heavy, but pandemic isn't over yet Sep 21, 2021
Another Possible Option for HER2-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer More than half of patients responded to antibody-drug conjugate targeting HER2 Sep 19, 2021
The Technological Marvel of Combination Vaccines Many questions remain for co-formulating COVID vaccines, but pursuing this now is the right move Sep 18, 2021
More Help on the Way for Lung Cancers With Exon 20 Mutations? Early trials of DZD9008 demonstrated responses in over a third of patients Sep 15, 2021
Cancer Vaccine May Boost Anti-EGFR Efficacy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer More than 90% disease control rate, hint of improved PFS in pilot trial Sep 14, 2021
Novel ADC Promising in Certain Non-Squamous Lung Cancers Response rate topped 50% in patients with EGFR wild-type tumors and high MET expression Sep 14, 2021
More Data in Support of Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Six-month improvement in overall survival with surgery plus chemotherapy versus chemo alone Sep 13, 2021
Meta-Analysis Confirms Benefits of Low-Dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer LDCT associated with a 16% relative reduction in mortality versus no screening Sep 13, 2021
Immuno-Oncology Combo Active in Recurrent EGFR/ALK Positive NSCLC Responses in 42% of EGFR group, limited activity in ALK-rearranged lung cancer Sep 12, 2021
Triplet Therapy Proves Safe in Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Atezolizumab add-on offers promising outcomes in phase I trial Sep 12, 2021
Durable Response with Immunotherapy Combos in NSCLC with Brain Metastases Analysis of CheckMate 9LA data and phase II study from Spain offer hope in advanced disease Sep 12, 2021
Study Sheds Light on Physician-Assisted Suicide in Lung Cancer Patients Patients often did not consult with radiation or medical oncologists Sep 09, 2021
Second-Line Combo Fails to Improve Survival in SCLC No OS difference, but lurbinectedin-doxorubicin was less toxic than standard chemotherapy options Sep 09, 2021
Cough, Cancer, PTSD: Two Decades of World Trade Center Studies Research has revealed the fallout of response to a crisis Sep 09, 2021
High Response Rate in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With RET Inhibitor Responses in 66-80% of patients from China confirm activity of pralsetinib Sep 09, 2021
TROP2 Antibody-Drug Conjugate Shows Promise in Lung Cancer Disease control observed in over two-thirds of patients at selected dose Sep 08, 2021
Another Ivermectin Flop; 'Instant' Lung Cancer Decision Tool; Triple COPD Tx & Death Highlights from the European Respiratory Society virtual meeting Sep 08, 2021
No Burgers for Baby to Minimize Asthma Risk Unexpected consequence seen from "excessive" meat-based foods in infancy Sep 08, 2021
No Survival Bump With PARP Inhibitor in Squamous NSCLC Possible benefit in tumors with positive lung cancer-specific gene panel Sep 07, 2021
Good News (Mostly) for Asthma Patients During Pandemic But could one common drug be problematic? Sep 07, 2021
For Many, 'Long COVID' Becoming Chronic Fatigue Study finds little reason for optimism about long-term outlook Sep 07, 2021
Targeting Bacteria in COPD Shows Promise Great potential seen despite mixed results in two new trials Sep 06, 2021
Feeling Better in COPD: Simple Solution? No fancy high-tech drug needed, studies suggest Sep 05, 2021
'Hot Enough for You?' It's No Joke for COPD Patients Increased risk of exacerbations with hot weather, study finds Sep 03, 2021
Repurpose Beta-Blocker for Severe COVID? Small pilot study saw improved markers with IV metoprolol for patients on mechanical ventilation Aug 30, 2021
Good Results When Giving Flu Shots to MI Survivors Still in the Hospital Vaccination prior to discharge linked to heart benefit Aug 30, 2021
AI Blood Test Proves Useful in Lung Cancer Detection Such an approach would be useful considering the barriers to LDCT among high-risk people Aug 25, 2021
Three Drugs Better Than Two (or One) in Cystic Fibrosis Another group of CF patients sees a win for triple therapy in phase III trial Aug 25, 2021
