Bariatric surgery sliced asthma inhaler use

MADRID – Morbidly obese asthmatics may require less inhaler therapy after bariatric surgery, a retrospective chart review and longitudinal cohort study suggests. Among patients who used any form of...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology
Type: News Item

Asthma deaths declined modestly during 1999-2010

SAN DIEGO – Between 1999 and 2010, age-adjusted deaths from asthma in the United States declined modestly but significantly, deaths from angioedema increased significantly, and deaths from...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

FDA proposes to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars

The Food and Drug Administration’s long-awaited proposal to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products as if they were cigarettes does not go far enough to protect the public, and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

Obstructive sleep apnea complicates atrial fibrillation

WASHINGTON – About 18% of U.S. patients with atrial fibrillation also have a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea, and the confluence of the two appeared linked to increased hospitalizations and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

Menopause doesn’t drive severe asthma

MADRID – Menopause is blamed for many things, but it’s unlikely to be the reason for the increased risk of severe asthma or worse quality of life in elderly asthmatic women, a study...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Cloud of questions hovers around electronic cigarettes

SAN DIEGO – The country’s leading regulatory agency has as many questions about the potential health effects of electronic cigarettes as concerned clinicians do. According to Mitchell Zeller, J.D.,...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Dabigatran approved for VTE prevention and treatment

The novel oral anticoagulant dabigatran has been approved for treating and reducing the risk of recurrence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, based on the results of four phase III...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

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