Friday Feedback: In Search of Marijuana Answers
(MedPage Today) -- We asked several physicians and health experts for their take on current evidence regarding marijuana health risks after a flurry of overstated findings from a cannabis study. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 18, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Will Recent Findings Change Sepsis Guidelines? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The National Quality Forum is meeting to review sepsis guidelines in the wake of ProCESS study findings, while the Society for Critical Care Medicine decided not to change sepsis treatment recommendations. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 18, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Scleroderma Survival Tied to Lung Problems (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Survival among patients with scleroderma was strongly influenced by the development of major pulmonary involvement, a long-term observational study found. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 5, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
RT Practice Debate: Not Just About COPD
(MedPage Today) -- Proposed legislation for Medicare reimbursement of respiratory therapists' outpatient disease management activities isn't just about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the sponsoring group pointed out following a debate it says misrepresented the bill. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 25, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Coming This Week: Veggies and BP, Non-stop EMR from HIMSS
(MedPage Today) -- David Pittman reporting the latest technology to make medical practice different, if not easier, from the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in Orlando will kick-off the week of Feb. 24, 2014. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 23, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Trilogy Ventilators Recalled
(MedPage Today) -- The Trilogy line of mechanical ventilators is being recalled due to a faulty component that could lead to failure without warning, Philips Respironics announced. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 20, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Morning Break: Lab-Grown Lungs, 'Nosing' Around Weight Loss
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 18, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Pregabalin Edges Pramipexole for RLS (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with restless legs syndrome treated with pregabalin (Lyrica) had as much symptom improvement as those receiving pramipexole (Mirapex) in a large year-long trial, with fewer showing "augmentation." (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 12, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
'Nicotine-Free' E-Cigs Still Deliver the Juice (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The amount of nicotine in e-cigarette refill solutions doesn't always match what it says on the label, particularly if the label says nicotine-free, a study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 10, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Morning Break: Obamacare a Job Killer? Tobacco-Free CVS
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 5, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
USPSTF: Screen Older Male Smokers for AAA (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Routine, one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with an ultrasound should be confined to men ages 65 to 75 who have ever smoked, updated draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reiterated. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 27, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
TB Prevention Trial Fails (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Preventive tuberculosis therapy had no lasting effect on TB incidence among South African gold miners -- a group hard-hit by the disease, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 22, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
The Week Ahead in Pulmonology: TB and Tobacco
(MedPage Today) -- The week in pulmonology is likely to be dominated by news about a tuberculosis prevention strategy, along with data on kids' tobacco exposure and asthma readmissions, as well as lung cancer screening analysis. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 20, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
10 Questions: E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
(MedPage Today) -- What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today? That's just the first of the 10 Questions the MedPage Today staff is asking leading clinicians and researchers to get their personal views on their chosen profession. In this series we share their uncensored responses. Here, answers from pulmonary and critical care expert E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 19, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Chewing Gum Tester? FDA May Be in the Market
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA is searching for ways to test the efficacy of medicated chewing gums which, if successful, could provide an alternative to orally disintegrating drugs. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 13, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
