Grappling With Our Deadliest Cancer Here are essential steps to improve lung cancer screening Dec 10, 2023
Prenatal RSV Infection Linked to Fetal Inflammation, Poorer Growth Study may give force to recommendations for maternal RSV vaccination Dec 08, 2023
Conservative Oxygenation Outperforms Liberal Targets for Critically Ill Kids Oxy-PICU is the first randomized trial to compare different SpO2 targets in these patients Dec 05, 2023
Early Surgery for Kids' Mild Sleep Apnea Doesn't Boost Executive Function Other outcomes like blood pressure levels, however, were better than with watchful waiting Dec 05, 2023
Don't Neglect Tobacco Use in People Experiencing Homelessness Cessation programs can save lives and improve financial stability Dec 04, 2023
Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes Also in TTHealthWatch: smoking cessation benefits Dec 02, 2023 podcast
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial Dec 01, 2023
Texas Sues Pfizer Over Vax Claims; Dr. Rand Paul to the Rescue; Kid Pneumonia Cases Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ֱ staff Dec 01, 2023
FDA Clears First Oral Device Treatment for Severe Sleep Apnea Oral appliances represent an alternative to CPAP and surgical neurostimulation implants Nov 30, 2023
FDA Warns That Philips' CPAP Machines May Overheat Thermal issues including burns, smoke, fire among reports submitted by DreamStation 2 users Nov 29, 2023
With an Old X-Ray, AI Can Detect High Risk of Lung Cancer in Never Smokers Tool could identify nonsmokers most likely to benefit from low-dose CT screening Nov 29, 2023
Safer to Hold Off on Intubating Comatose, Intoxicated Patients, Trial Finds French centers showed faster discharge, fewer adverse events Nov 29, 2023
Male vs Female Surgeons; China Beefs Up Fever Clinics; C. Diff Survives Disinfecting Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ֱ staff Nov 27, 2023
China Reports No 'Unusual' Pathogens Driving Pneumonia Cluster in Kids Chinese health officials say the rise in respiratory illness is part of a continued surge Nov 24, 2023
High-Sensitivity Troponin Test May Overestimate Risk in PE On the other hand, conventional assays did predict a complicated course in acute PE Nov 22, 2023
Osimertinib Shows Activity in NSCLC With Uncommon EGFR Mutations Researchers suggest the drug is a promising option for this rare subgroup Nov 22, 2023
How to Not Kill Grandma This Thanksgiving and Holiday Season What protective measures can we take in 2023? Nov 21, 2023
Giving DHA to Preemies Doesn't Improve Behavioral Outcomes Later On At age 5, kids born at Nov 20, 2023
Drug Candidate for Chronic Cough Rejected by FDA Panel Gefapixant's benefit not clinically meaningful enough, panelists say Nov 17, 2023
FDA OKs New Option for Advanced ROS1-Positive Lung Cancer Drug achieved high response rates in TKI-naive and TKI-pretreated patients Nov 16, 2023
Unclear if Chronic Cough Drug Has Meaningful Benefit, FDA Reviewers Say Previously rejected gefapixant will face agency's panel of outside experts on Friday Nov 16, 2023
AMA Delegates Take Action on Cannabis, Medical Aid-in-Dying Resolutions Concern expressed about lack of available evidence on harms of marijuana Nov 14, 2023
Americans Struggling With Addiction, Mental Health, SAMHSA Survey Shows Biden administration highlights need for better access to treatment Nov 14, 2023
Asthma-Tracking App Shows Some Promise for Reducing ED Visits No benefit for the privately insured in trial, but participants on Medicaid had lower risk Nov 14, 2023
Many Primary Care Docs Unfamiliar With Biologics for Asthma In a survey, 42% of PCPs said they were "not familiar" with biologic therapies for asthma Nov 13, 2023
'Uncertain' Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds Pre-existing asthma, rhinitis showed some correlation with post-COVID conditions Nov 10, 2023
Lung Cancer Survival High at 20 Years With Screen-Detected Tumors After two decades, lung cancer-specific survival remained at 81% in I-ELCAP program Nov 07, 2023
This Antibiotic May Reduce C. Diff Risk in Pneumonia Patients Doxycycline associated with reduced infection, re-infection rates versus azithromycin Nov 03, 2023
Vape Use May Have Turned a Corner Among High Schoolers Yet just under half of those who tried e-cigs still report using them in national survey Nov 02, 2023
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Underdiagnosed Alongside SCLC in the U.S. Findings suggest patients with SCLC are not screened for LEMS, despite their association Nov 02, 2023
ACS: Millions More Should Get Lung Cancer Screening Notably, new recommendations say it doesn't matter when a person quit smoking Nov 01, 2023
Using AI to Predict Exacerbations in Uncontrolled COPD This is the "wave of the future," says Reynold Panettieri Nov 01, 2023 video
The Exciting Potential of Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Lung Cancer Roy Herbst, MD, PhD, leads a discussion on ADCs targeting TROP2, HER2, and HER3 Oct 30, 2023 video
COVID Upended Bronchiolitis Admission Patterns in Kids Admission rates and seasonality of common airway infections changed since 2020 Oct 27, 2023
Inhaled Antibiotic Cuts Risk of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Also led to lower rate of ventilator-related complications versus placebo Oct 26, 2023
Severe Asthma in Sexual and Gender Minoritized Adults: What Can We Do? Tugba Kaplan, MD, believes it is imperative to implement targeted interventions Oct 25, 2023 video
New Options Challenge Standard Treatments in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Amivantamab-based regimens improved oncologic outcomes, but with more side effects Oct 25, 2023
Convalescent Plasma Improves Survival in COVID Patients With ARDS, New Trial Shows Might be one treatment option for the sickest of patients Oct 25, 2023
ALK Inhibitor Outperforms Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resected Lung Cancer Adjuvant alectinib reduces disease-free survival hazard by 76% Oct 24, 2023
Antibody-Drug Conjugate Improves PFS in Pretreated Breast, Lung Cancers Still some unanswered questions about benefit over other drug regimens, expert says Oct 24, 2023