Chemoimmunotherapy Tied to Better Outcomes in Advanced NSCLC PD-L1 status and age play key roles in success of combined regimen versus immunotherapy alone Jun 05, 2021
Nintedanib Slows Decline in RA-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Similar results to original larger trial seen in post-hoc analysis Jun 04, 2021
Even Exposure to Passive Smoking Increases Risk of RA Disease onset was earlier in women exposed to smoky rooms during childhood Jun 03, 2021
Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming' A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 03, 2021
COVID Long Haulers Illuminate Overlooked Medical Condition More evidence for POTS after SARS-CoV-2 infection is helping to raise awareness Jun 01, 2021
Lymph Node Findings on PET: Cancer or COVID Vaccine? Post-jab radiotracer uptake "could prompt unnecessary biopsies and treatments" May 26, 2021
Low Testosterone Could Be Bad News in COVID-19 In small study, men with low levels were more likely to have severe illness May 25, 2021
Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway May 25, 2021 video
Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says May 20, 2021
Anti-PD-L1 Plus SBRT Enhances Major Responses in Early NSCLC Neoadjuvant combo needs to be validated in a larger randomized trial May 20, 2021
CPAP May Cut Cardiac Events in Some At-Risk Apnea Patients Greater pulse rate response tied to greater calculated treatment benefit of CPAP May 20, 2021
PD-L1 Inhibitor Thwarts Recurrence in Early Lung Cancer Risk of death, recurrence 34% lower with atezolizumab after surgery and chemo May 19, 2021
Vaping Alone May Boost Lung Troubles Study finds wheeze, shortness of breath with e-cigs even after controlling for tobacco or pot use May 18, 2021
Dupixent Improves Lung Function in Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma VOYAGE phase III trial also showed exacerbation reductions May 18, 2021
COVID Patient 'Lottery' Ensured Scarce Drugs Divided Equitably System prioritized, deprioritized certain patient groups May 17, 2021
Fauci: Vaccines Showing Vigor Against COVID Variants Real-world effectiveness "easily as good, if not better" than trials May 17, 2021
Review ID's Racism During Care of Black Doctor Who Died of COVID "Lack of empathy, compassion, and awareness of implicit racial bias," external review concludes May 14, 2021
Probiotics Protect Overweight, Older Patients From Coughs and Wheeze Trial affirms "gut-lung" link but with important caveats May 14, 2021
Indian Variant a Global Risk; Good News on U.S. Cases; Baylor Expert Gets Threats A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine May 11, 2021
COVID-19 Mortality Low Among In-Hospital Pregnant Patients But pregnant women should continue taking precautions to avoid infection, researcher says May 10, 2021
Asthma Med Adherence: Do High Insurance Deductibles Make a Difference? Study findings may surprise you May 10, 2021
Cannabis Vaping Skyrockets in High School Students COVID-19's effect still to be determined May 06, 2021
Op-Ed: Is FDA's Cigarette Ban Just Smoke and Menthols? Actually implementing a ban on menthol cigarettes and cigars could take years May 03, 2021
SBRT Safe for Cancer Patients With Multiple Metastases Late adverse events in phase I trial indicate need for extended follow-up May 03, 2021
New Clues to Sleep Problems, Solutions in Cancer Patients Studies in GI and breast cancers zero in on sleep disturbance during active treatment Apr 30, 2021
Did Vaping THC 'Wax' for 5 Days Cause This Teen Girl's Seizure? Evidence for the effect of THC on seizure threshold is conflicting, clinicians say Apr 29, 2021
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Rise With Immunotherapy Twice as many patients with advanced NSCLC alive at 5 years with pembrolizumab vs chemo Apr 29, 2021
Op-Ed: Are Marijuana Use and Suicide Linked? A review of the data show there's cause for alarm Apr 23, 2021
New Anti-PD1 Drugs Boost Survival in Treated Lung Cancer Questions about generalizability of results with China-developed therapies Apr 14, 2021
CDC Issues Health Advisory on J&J Shot; Pfizer Ramps Up; STDs at All-Time High A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Apr 14, 2021
Inhaled Steroid for Early COVID-19 Passes Another Test New analysis demonstrates speedier recovery for patients treated at home Apr 12, 2021
A Win for Nivolumab as Preoperative Therapy for Lung Cancer Pathologic CR rate 12 times higher with the addition of anti-PD-1 agent to chemo Apr 11, 2021
AHRQ: Studies Fail to Show Long-Term Benefit for CPAP Sleep apnea specialists dumbfounded at critique of "gold standard" treatment Apr 09, 2021
COVID Monoclonal Antibodies: Do They Work in Dialysis? Early data suggests efficacy but with big caveats Mar 30, 2021
Redfield: COVID-19 Was in Wuhan in September or October 2019 Former CDC director also tells CNN that the virus likely escaped from a lab Mar 29, 2021
What to Make of That Danish Reinfection Study? Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses the findings and their takeaway Mar 25, 2021 video
'COVID-to-COVID' Double Lung Transplant Performed Northwestern calls February procedure a success, opens door to more Mar 19, 2021
COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't Mar 17, 2021
USPSTF Expands Lung Cancer Screening Criteria Lower age for starting, new definition of 'heavy smoker' double eligibility for screening Mar 09, 2021
Entrectinib Impresses in Certain Lung Cancers Durable responses in most patients with advanced NSCLC, active in brain mets Mar 05, 2021
