Pulmonology | European Federation of Internal Medicine

Pulmonology is the medical specialty dealing with disease involving the respiratory tract.[1] The term is derived from the Latinword pulmō, pulmonis ("lung") and the Greek -λογία, -logia. Pulmonology is synonymous with pneumology, from the Greekπνεύμων ("lung") and -λογία, -logia, respirology and respiratory medicine.

AUDIO: Polycystic ovary syndrome seen as ‘multiple diseases’

Posted on: 29/05/2014 - 20:15

PHILADELPHIA – "My personal opinion is that polycystic ovary syndrome is probably multiple diseases." That’s according to Dr. Selma Witchel, an associate professor of pediatric...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Kaiser survey: Many women skipping preventive care

Posted on: 28/05/2014 - 21:00

WASHINGTON – A just-released survey conducted last fall shows that low-income women with private insurance or Medicaid were often foregoing preventive care and use of contraceptives, in part due to...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Activity program staves off mobility disability

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 18:10

A structured physical activity program reduced the rate of major mobility disability among sedentary men and women aged 70-89 years who were at high risk for the condition, in a randomized clinical...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hepatitis B screening recommended for high-risk patients

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 15:55

Physicians should screen all asymptomatic but high-risk adolescents and adults for hepatitis B virus infection, according to an updated recommendation

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Endocrinology initiatives can improve transgender care

Posted on: 23/05/2014 - 19:15

LAS VEGAS – Dr. Joshua D. Safer is a man on a mission. He wants to incorporate transgender medicine into medical school curricula across North America to help increase the number of specialists who...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

In diabetes, women far more likely to develop CHD than men

Posted on: 22/05/2014 - 23:00

Women with diabetes have a 44% greater chance of developing coronary heart disease than do men with diabetes, a large review and meta-analysis has shown. In a retrospective review of data...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Breast cancer fear contributes to prophylactic mastectomy rate

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 21:00

Fear seems to be a major driver of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after initial breast cancer surgery. Almost two-thirds of those who had the procedure had no clinical indication for it,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hydroxychloroquine safe to continue for SLE during pregnancy

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 14:40

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Hydroxychloroquine was not associated with any adverse long-term complications in the children of women with systemic lupus erythematosus who used the drug during pregnancy or...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Nonmelanoma skin cancer linked to increased fracture risk in postmenopausal women

Posted on: 14/05/2014 - 18:10

ALBUQUERQUE – Postmenopausal women who reported a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer were almost 16% more likely to sustain a lower arm fracture than were women without a skin cancer history,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

NSAID use linked to reduced risk for second nonmelanoma skin cancer

Posted on: 14/05/2014 - 16:55

ALBUQUERQUE – Postmenopausal women who had a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer and regularly used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs had an 18% lower risk of developing subsequent skin cancers,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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