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Pulmonology

News, opinions and meeting coverage in pulmonology.

Slippery Slope: A Targeted Therapy That Misses the Mark?

Afinitor racks up FDA approvals, but where is the evidence?

Are Masks a Good Alternative to Flu Shots for Healthcare Workers?

At some hospitals, it's vaccinate or be fired

A Bad Combo: Predatory Journals and Homeopathy Studies

A study of a homeopathic treatment for colds proves nothing, says Roy Benaroch, MD

Is SAMHSA to Blame for a Broken Mental Health System?

Two members of Congress differ on how to fix a failing system

'Failure to Communicate' Drives Misdiagnosis

Electronic medical records also need to be improved, says Mark Graber, MD

Teach Patients How to Communicate Symptoms Better

Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom

Doctors Urged to Practice 'Conservative Diagnosis'

And sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea

Novel Drug Shows Promise as COPD Therapy

Inhaled p38 inhibitor reduced lung inflammation markers in early-stage study

Post-Op CT Scans May Improve Lung Cancer Survival

4-year survival rate up 12 percentage points in patients having scans

Excerpt: Black Man in a White Coat

A new book by Damon Tweedy, MD, explores the role of race in medicine

Smells Like Tuberculosis?

Sensor study suggests breath samples might reveal disease

PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins

This week's topics include complications following surgery for urinary incontinence, real-life data on HIV prevention in high-risk men, transmission of pertussis among siblings, and telemedicine recommendations.

Patient Registries See Promise and Challenges Ahead

Physician-driven registries adapt to a changing health system

Clear Health Costs: Having Insurance Doesn't Always Pay

The case of the $1,700 mammogram

Morning Break: Your Body on a Coke? No Sex for Grandpa

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 麻豆传媒 staff

App Claims to Measure Oxygen Saturation With Only a Smartphone

There are apps making unjustifiable claims, exposing patients to unnecessary risk

Iron Reduces Parasomnias in Children With Restless Legs

Most with restless legs syndrome and night terrors do well with ferritin supplements

Persistent Sleep Trouble Common in Kids With Brain Injuries

TBI leaves children struggling for months with daytime sleepiness and problems sleeping at night

Sleep Apnea Correlates With Injury on the Job

Accidents while working occurred twice as frequently when sleep apnea was involved

'Sleeping In' Doesn't Make Up for Lost Sleep in Teens

Sleep deprivation may affect work in schools and driving

13 Apple Watch Medical Apps Made for Physicians

Even though there are over 3,500 apps that have been customized for the Apple Watch, there are few that health providers can actually utilize for themselves

FDA Okays Stiolto for COPD

Will include black-box warning about increased risk of asthma-related death.

Part 2: Oncologists Weigh In on PBS Cancer Documentary

Six specialists share their impressions of Ken Burns' cancer opus.

FDA Advisers Unimpressed by Nocdurna

Another setback for nocturia indication

Scoring System for Lung Cancer Screening Debuts

Radiologists to get tools for grading suspicious lesions.

Cyclophosphamide May Ease Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Majority of patients treated with CYC experienced improved muscle strength and function.

Lung Transplant Valid in SSc

Patients with systemic sclerosis shouldn't be denied lung transplants.

That's Not Chronic Lyme, It's Cancer

Three case reports demonstrate the risks of "assuming that patients have chronic Lyme disease."

Joints Tell the Future in Scleroderma

Synovitis predicted progression in skin, vasculature, and kidney.

Excerpt From 'Being Mortal ... '

Ivan Ilyich isn't as foreign to today's medicine as we imagine.

ESC: Mixed Results with Steroids in TB Pericarditis

BARCELONA -- Adding steroids to anti-tuberculosis treatment for patients with tuberculous pericarditis can reduce the risk of complication and the resulting hospital admission, but adding prednisolone to tuberculosis treatment did not reduce the risk of death, researchers said here.

'Sleep Drunkenness' Common, But Rarely Unexplained

So-called confusional arousals were reported in the past year by some 15% of respondents in a population-based survey, with nearly all episodes associated with mental disorders or drugs with known sleep effects.

Three-Drug Cocktail Has Promise in TB

MELBOURNE, Australia -- An experimental, three-drug tuberculosis treatment regimen demonstrated bactericidal activity in patients with drug-sensitive or multidrug-resistant disease, researchers reported here.

John West: The Doc at the Top of the World

Only one mountain pushes lungs to the absolute limit -- Mount Everest -- and only once has that limit been measured directly, by John B. West, MD, PhD, Dsc.

Friday Feedback: Zero-Tolerance Employment Smoking Bans?

Should hospitals, schools, and companies refuse to hire smokers for teachers and healthcare providers?

AMA Clamps Down on MOC, But Punts on Gun Regs

CHICAGO -- The AMA鈥檚 House of Delegates drew the line on this year's hot button topic -- maintenance of certification (MOC), saying it should not be mandatory, nor should it be a condition of licensure.

ASCO: Antibody Adds 6 Weeks to Squamous NSCLC Survival

CHICAGO -- The novel anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody necitumumab modestly improved survival in squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a pivotal trial, but many called the effect too small to count.

E-cig Fumes Empower Bad Bugs

SAN DIEGO -- In laboratory studies, e-cigarette vapors appears to increase the aggressiveness of dangerous bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), researchers reported here.

Vitamin C May Save Newborn's Lungs When Mom Smokes

SAN DIEGO -- Damage to the lungs of babies born to mothers who smoked through pregnancy may be mitigated with vitamin C supplementation during gestation, researchers reported here.

Lung Foam Disappoints in COPD

SAN DIEGO -- A trial of hydrogel-based lung volume reduction therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) complicated by emphysema failed to show consistent enough results and has been abandoned by the agent's developer, researchers said here.

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