Sep 24, 2019

TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2014 to 2018, current and daily electronic cigarette use increased among U.S. young adults but declined or remained stable in older age groups, accordi...

Sep 23, 2019

Asthma and allergies may be associated with increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but passive smoke exposure and smoking earlier in life do not appear to influence risk of RA, according to a st...

Sep 23, 2019

MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced lung cancer, palliative care is associated with increased survival when it is received 31 to 365 days after cancer diagnosis, acco...

Sep 23, 2019

MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Vaping is increasing among adolescents, with significant increases seen from 2018 to 2019, according to a research letter published online Sept. 18 in the Ne...

Sep 20, 2019

FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma is a common reason for physician visits, although the rate of asthma visits decreased from 2001 through 2016, according to a report published Sept. 20...

Sep 19, 2019

THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The number of confirmed or suspected severe lung illnesses linked to vaping has risen to 530 cases across 38 states and the Virgin Islands, U.S. health off...

Sep 18, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Using his executive powers, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is banning flavored electronic cigarettes in the state. The ban goes into effect immediately a...

Sep 18, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), responders and nonresponders can be differentiated by a metal oxide semiconductor electronic nose (e...

Sep 18, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 12.6 million persons in the United States could benefit from treatment to prevent active tuberculosis (TB), according to a report published i...

Sep 17, 2019

TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A 40-year-old California man is the seventh person to die from a severe respiratory illness brought on by using electronic cigarettes. According to the U.S...

Sep 16, 2019

New research was presented at HFSA 2019, the 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America, from September 13-16 in Philadelphia. The features below highlight some of the stud...

Sep 13, 2019

Research indicates that acute kidney injury is the most frequent complication in patients with septic shock and is an independent risk factor for death. Although renal-replacement therapy (RTT) is the...

Sep 13, 2019

FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials have revised downward the number of cases of severe lung injury linked to vaping, from more than 450 cases cited last week to the total...

Sep 13, 2019

FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A panel of experts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to weigh the pros and cons of what could be the first drug ever approved to prevent peanut...

Sep 13, 2019

FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with resistant hypertension (RH) have a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), with a dose-response association observed between the s...

Sep 11, 2019

As a pediatric intensive care physician who also cares for children in a pediatric urgent care setting, I have treated a wide spectrum of acute illnesses, ranging from splinters in fingers to children...

Sep 11, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- As concern grows over hundreds of lung illnesses tied to vaping, the Trump administration on Wednesday said it would move to ban flavored versions of elec...

Sep 10, 2019

TUESDAY, Sept. 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Americans should not use electronic cigarettes while health officials investigate cases of severe lung illness that may be linked to the devices, according ...

Sep 06, 2019

The following is the third in a new blog series, pulled directly from the Twitter-based stories of Sayed A Tabatabai, MD, who shares touching, heartfelt, interesting details of life on the front lines...

Sep 05, 2019

THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A little used immunosuppression regimen may substantially improve survival following lung transplant, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in JAMA ...