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.

Racial differences found in neoadjuvant chemo, pCR rates for breast cancer

Posted on: 24/11/2015 - 17:09

Chemotherapy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy are given more often to non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, and Asian women than to non-Hispanic white women with breast cancer, while black women saw a lower rate...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

AHA: Physician awareness of women’s heart risk due for upgrade

Posted on: 23/11/2015 - 20:28

ORLANDO – Heart disease in women is not a top-level concern for most primary care physicians or cardiologists, according to a national survey. Less than two in five (39%) of the surveyed primary...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

USPSTF annual report highlights gaps in women’s health research

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 23:17

Research must be increased and improved in five key areas of women’s health before any kind of recommendations for screening can be made, according to the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force’s <a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Denosumab better at building bone than zoledronic acid

Posted on: 13/11/2015 - 23:40

SAN FRANCISCO – Denosumab was superior to zoledronic acid (ZA) in building bone at the lumber spine, total hip, and femoral neck in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis previously treated with oral...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Decision model shows prophylactic double mastectomy more costly to patients

Posted on: 09/11/2015 - 20:45

CHICAGO – Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy is more expensive and provides a lower quality of life than unilateral mastectomy in younger women with sporadic breast cancer, a cost-effectiveness...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Most women remain unconcerned about heart risk

Posted on: 09/11/2015 - 13:50

ORLANDO – Women’s awareness of the health risk posed by heart disease has stalled, with fully 45% of participants in a nationally representative survey being unaware that heart disease is the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

HPV vaccinations not linked to CRPS and POTS in young women

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 16:28

Human papillomavirus vaccines do not increase risk of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in young women, according to a review by the European...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Flibanserin debuts with strings attached

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 15:31

Physicians who treat premenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder now have a Food and Drug Administration–approved option in flibanserin. But the centrally acting daily medication comes...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hispanic mothers see better results than non-Hispanic whites in depression trial

Posted on: 06/11/2015 - 17:39

SAN ANTONIO – Disadvantaged Hispanic mothers in New York enrolled in a medication clinical trial remitted from depression at a faster rate when compared with a more advantaged cohort of non-Hispanic...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Raloxifene ineffective for treating AD patients

Posted on: 04/11/2015 - 21:36

Treatment with the estrogen-receptor modulator raloxifene does not significantly improve cognitive function in women with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), results of a U.S. randomized, double-blind,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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