Critical Care General
May 22, 2019
New research was presented at ATS 2019, The annual American Thoracic Society International Conference, from May 17-22 in Dallas. The features below highlight some of the studies presented at the confe...
May 22, 2019
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with men, women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have reduced respiratory-specific and general quality of life (QoL) and are more ...
May 20, 2019
MONDAY, May 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Improvements in systems of care are necessary to implement advances in treatment and care of stroke patients, according to a policy statement issued by the Ame...
May 17, 2019
FRIDAY, May 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Among postmenopausal women, former smokers have a reduced risk for bladder cancer within the first 10 years of cessation, which continues to decline over time ...
May 13, 2019
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Zebra Medical Vision said on Monday it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its artificial intelligence-based chest X-ray triag...
May 08, 2019
New research was presented at AATS 2019, The Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, from May 4-7 in Toronto. The features below highlight some of the studies presented at the...
May 06, 2019
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - American adults are more likely to use e-cigarettes when they have children at home, especially when kids have asthma, a U.S. study sug...
May 03, 2019
FRIDAY, May 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Three months of azithromycin did not significantly reduce treatment failure (TF) among patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pu...
May 02, 2019
(Reuters) - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Thursday that its three-in-one drug Trelegy met the main goal of a late-stage asthma study, signalling a possible boost to its ...
May 01, 2019
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as th...
May 01, 2019
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Otolaryngology for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as...
Apr 30, 2019
By Chris Kirkham (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow Philip Morris to sell a heated tobacco product called IQOS in the United ...
Apr 30, 2019
By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters Health) - Unborn babies are at higher risk of heart defects not just when mothers smoke, but when fathers smoke, too, a new study suggests. ...
Apr 30, 2019
TUESDAY, April 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- People who use combination nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) are more likely to successfully quit smoking than people who use a single form of NRT, accordi...
Apr 30, 2019
TUESDAY, April 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Child and parent confidence are poor proxies for proper inhaler use among African-American children with asthma, according to a study published online April...
Apr 26, 2019
Pediatric asthma is the most common chronic disease among children in the United States and a major contributor to health disparities. Many children are diagnosed with asthma early during their presch...
Apr 19, 2019
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) - Widespread beliefs about sleeping include advice on how much sleep is enough, what quality sleep means and how to achieve it, but when ...
Apr 18, 2019
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Obese people with sleep apnea, a common nighttime breathing disorder, may live longer when they use a machine to help keep their airway...
Apr 16, 2019
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a fixed-dose combination of aclidinium bromide 400 μg and formoterol fumarate 12 μg (Duaklir, Circassia Pharmaceuticals) for the maintenanc...