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...
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...
Evidence is insufficient to support lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography in the Medicare population, members of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee...
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...
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...
Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure leads to significantly better diabetes and blood pressure control at 5 years among diabetics with obstructive sleep apnea, according to results from...
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...
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.,...
Fibrinolytic therapy with tenecteplase prevents hemodynamic decompensation in patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism but raises the risk of major hemorrhage and stroke, so its use is...
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...