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.

Hormone therapy predicted improved lung cancer survival in women

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 18:40

Hormone therapy was associated with improved overall survival in women with non–small-cell lung carcinoma, reported investigators in the March issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Long-term...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps more severe in women

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 16:15

SAN DIEGO – Women with chronic rhinosinusitis and co-occurring nasal polyps appear to harbor more severe disease, compared with men, results from a large retrospective study demonstrate. "For...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Laboring women preferred epidural to patient-controlled remifentanil analgesia

Posted on: 28/02/2014 - 19:35

NEW ORLEANS – Laboring women had better overall pain relief satisfaction from epidurals than from remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia, according to results presented at the annual Pregnancy...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Antiphospholipid, thrombosis histories differently affect pregnancy antithrombotic needs

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 22:10

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Whether a woman with antiphospholipid antibodies meets diagnostic criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome makes a huge difference in her risk of pregnancy failure. Having...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Internal Medicine News - Pulmonology

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 21:01

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Feed

The protective effects of morning sickness

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 19:40

Up to 80% of women experience morning sickness, and about 25% of them continue to experience symptoms through the second and third trimesters. The delayed-release combination of the antihistamine...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Study finds increased infant mortality for home births

Posted on: 21/02/2014 - 16:45

NEW ORLEANS – Midwife-attended home births appear to have a higher mortality rate than midwife-attended hospital births, a new national database study suggests. But for both physicians and families,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Noninvasive prenatal testing detects more than 80% of chromosomal abnormalities

Posted on: 19/02/2014 - 21:30

NEW ORLEANS – Noninvasive prenatal testing using cell-free fetal DNA found in the maternal bloodstream detects more than 80% of the most common trisomies, including the one for Down syndrome,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Highlights of the Annual Stroke Conference

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 21:40

SAN DIEGO – Dr. Aneesh B. Singhal, Director of Neurology Quality and Safety at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care, discusses highlights of this year’s Annual...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Annual mammography at age 40-59 provides no survival benefit

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 20:55

Annual mammography in women aged 40 to 59 years was no more effective than was physical examination or usual care for reducing breast cancer mortality when adjuvant therapy for breast cancer is...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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