Red Carpet Paves Way to Research $$$
(MedPage Today) -- Eric Rosenthal, Oncology Special Correspondent, strolled the red carpet at Hollywood's Stand Up to Cancer to capture the excitement and promise of this $109-million fund-raiser. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - September 9, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Reflections on Effect of Stand Up To Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- As Stand Up To Cancer approaches its fourth telecast, a Nobel laureate -- and others -- reflect on its effect on science and culture. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - September 1, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

To Pee or Not to Pee? That's Improbable!
(MedPage Today) -- That?s Improbable! is MedPage Today?s weekly roundup of clinically, um, relevant finds at Improbable Research, which awards the Ig Nobel Prizes. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - August 30, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

The Week Ahead: Teen Mental Health, Vaping, ESC Preview
(MedPage Today) -- New federal survey data are to be released on teen mental health, and there's more news on the e-cigarette industry -- brought to you by MedPage Today. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - August 24, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Morning Break: Big Fruit Recall, Big Tobacco Win
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - July 24, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Three-Drug Cocktail Has Promise in TB
(MedPage Today) -- MELBOURNE, Australia ? An experimental, three-drug tuberculosis treatment regimen demonstrated bactericidal activity in patients with drug-sensitive or multidrug-resistant disease, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - July 22, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Culture Shock: New Vax Plant Gets OK
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has licensed a South Carolina plant that will use a new -- well, newish -- way of growing influenza vaccines. And chicken farmers need to watch out. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - June 19, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

CPAP Tops Oxygen for Sleep Apnea (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- To tackle the cardiovascular risks from obstructive sleep apnea, continuous positive airway pressure was better than giving oxygen at night, and adding a weight-loss strategy may be even better in some respects for obese patients. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - June 11, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Morning Break: Custom E-Cigs, Medical Marijuana, Teen Births
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 30, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

The Week Ahead: SCAI, CMSC, ASCO, and Doc Poets
(MedPage Today) -- May meeting mania wraps up with sessions featuring the latest findings from interventional cardiology, multiple sclerosis, and oncology. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 25, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Beta Blockers Eyed for PAH Therapy
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO ?- The use of beta blockers for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension appeared to be safe in early clinical trials, and also improved right ventricular ejection fraction, researchers said here. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 22, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Nintedanib Slows IPF Progression
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- The kinase inhibitor nintedanib slowed progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) but the effect on exacerbations was less certain, two pivotal trials showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 19, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Get Handshakes Out Of Hospitals: That's Improbable!
(MedPage Today) -- A weekly report from our friends at Improbable Research. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 16, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

IPF Takes Stage at ATS
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment trials will be in the spotlight as the American Thoracic Society meeting kicks off here this weekend. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 15, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Friday Feedback: Do NOACs Need Antidotes?
(MedPage Today) -- We asked several cardiologists and neurologists for their take on how important it is for the new class of oral anticoagulants to have reversal agents. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 25, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news